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have I got news for you

have I got news for you phrase: used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.

Phrase

have I got news for you

  1. (humorous, ironic, often, rhetorical) Used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.
    • You think your neighbours are noisy? Well, have I got news for you: I've been living next door to a nightclub for six years.

Questions about have I got news for you

What does have I got news for you mean?
Have I got news for you means used to announce a fact of which the addressee was, or appeared to be, ignorant.
What part of speech is have I got news for you?
Have I got news for you is a phrase.

Words near have I got news for you in the dictionary

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

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