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have over

have over verb: to host (a visiting guest) at one's house.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To host (a visiting guest) at one's house.
    • I had Tom over yesterday, and we chatted about this and that.

Forms of have over

third-person singular presenthas over
present participlehaving over
past participlehad over
pasthad over

Questions about have over

What does have over mean?
Have over means to host (a visiting guest) at one's house.
What part of speech is have over?
Have over is a verb.
What is the past tense of have over?
The past tense of have over is had over.

Words near have over in the dictionary

  1. have one's work cut out
  2. have one's work cut out for one
  3. have other fish to fry
  4. have other ideas
  5. have out
  6. have over
  7. have province
  8. have provinces
  9. have reason
  10. have respect of persons
  11. have second thoughts

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