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have one more time

have one more time verb: to be on the verge of reaping negative consequences for some sort of bad behavior.

Verb

have one more time (third-person singular simple present has one more time, present participle having one more time, simple past and past participle had one more time)

  1. (idiomatic) To be on the verge of reaping negative consequences for some sort of bad behavior.
    • “I do know one thing. She has one more time to bump me,” I remarked sternly.2011, Tenisha Jackson, Immaculate Deception, page 118
    • "Cordella has one more time to cross me, Clark," she huffed, one lone finger in the air for emphasis2013, Lutishia Lovely, The Eleventh Commandment, page 86

Forms of have one more time

third-person singular presenthas one more time
present participlehaving one more time
past participlehad one more time
pasthad one more time

Questions about have one more time

What does have one more time mean?
Have one more time means to be on the verge of reaping negative consequences for some sort of bad behavior.
What part of speech is have one more time?
Have one more time is a verb.
What is the past tense of have one more time?
The past tense of have one more time is had one more time.

Words near have one more time in the dictionary

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

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