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have had one's chips

have had one's chips verb: to be dead or finished.

Verb

have had one's chips (third-person singular simple present has had one's chips, present participle having had one's chips, simple past and past participle had had one's chips)

  1. (idiomatic) To be dead or finished.
    • He must have had his chips, she thought, and our children will be born fatherless.2005, Edward Blishen, Kingfisher Treasury of Super Cool Stories, page 118

Forms of have had one's chips

third-person singular presenthas had one's chips
present participlehaving had one's chips
past participlehad had one's chips
pasthad had one's chips

Questions about have had one's chips

What does have had one's chips mean?
Have had one's chips means to be dead or finished.
What part of speech is have had one's chips?
Have had one's chips is a verb.
What is the past tense of have had one's chips?
The past tense of have had one's chips is had had one's chips.

Words near have had one's chips in the dictionary

  1. have got to
  2. have green fingers
  3. have had enough
  4. have had it
  5. have had it up to here
  6. have had one's chips
  7. have had one's day
  8. have had one's day under the sun
  9. have here
  10. have I got news for you
  11. have in

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