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have it on lock

have it on lock verb: to have matters under control.

Verb

have it on lock (third-person singular simple present has it on lock, present participle having it on lock, simple past and past participle had it on lock)

  1. (US, slang) To have matters under control.
    • got her on lock
    • Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock2010, “California Gurls”, in Teenage Dream, performed by Katy Perry

Forms of have it on lock

third-person singular presenthas it on lock
present participlehaving it on lock
past participlehad it on lock
pasthad it on lock
alternative form(have) got it on lock

Questions about have it on lock

What does have it on lock mean?
Have it on lock means to have matters under control.
What part of speech is have it on lock?
Have it on lock is a verb.
What is the past tense of have it on lock?
The past tense of have it on lock is had it on lock.

Words near have it on lock in the dictionary

  1. have it in for
  2. have it in one
  3. have it large
  4. have it made
  5. have it off
  6. have it on lock
  7. have it out
  8. have it out for
  9. have it rough
  10. have it your own way
  11. have it your way

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