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have one's ass handed to one

have one's ass handed to one is the alternative form of get one's ass handed to one.

Meaning of get one's ass handed to one

Verb

get one's ass handed to one (third-person singular simple present gets one's ass handed to one, present participle getting one's ass handed to one, simple past got one's ass handed to one, past participle gotten one's ass handed to one)

  1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) To suffer an extraordinarily devastating defeat.
    Synonyms:
    get one's head handed to one, have one's ass handed to one, have one's head handed to one

Forms of have one's ass handed to one

third-person singular presenthas one's ass handed to one
present participlehaving one's ass handed to one
past participlehad one's ass handed to one
pasthad one's ass handed to one

Questions about have one's ass handed to one

What is have one's ass handed to one the alternative form of?
Have one's ass handed to one is the alternative form of get one's ass handed to one.

Words near have one's ass handed to one in the dictionary

  1. have on
  2. have one foot in the grave
  3. have one foot on a banana peel
  4. have one more time
  5. have one's act together
  6. have one's ass handed to one
  7. have one's back up
  8. have one's bread buttered for life
  9. have one's bread buttered on both sides
  10. have one's cake and eat it
  11. have one's cake and eat it too

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