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have it out

have it out verb: to argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.

Verb

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

  1. To argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.
    • I've been unhappy about her behaviour for some time, and last night we finally had it out.
  2. To confront (someone) with a view to settling a conflict.
    • I'm not standing for this. I'm going to go and have it out with her right now.
    • For twenty-four hours after my talk with Margaret I was on pins and needles to have it out with him, yet rather than have had it out with him I should have preferred to see the poop rushed by the gang from the other side.1914, Jack London, chapter XLV, in The Mutiny of the Elsinore, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 324

Forms of have it out

third-person singular presenthas it out
present participlehaving it out
past participlehad it out
pasthad it out

Questions about have it out

What does have it out mean?
Have it out means to argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.
What part of speech is have it out?
Have it out is a verb.
What is the past tense of have it out?
The past tense of have it out is had it out.

Words near have it out in the dictionary

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

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