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have the pas of someone

have the pas of someone verb: to have precedence over someone.

Verb

have the pas of someone (third-person singular simple present has the pas of someone, present participle having the pas of someone, simple past and past participle had the pas of someone)

  1. (obsolete) To have precedence over someone.
    • You may remember that […] major-generals Kilmanseg and Oberg were made lieutenant-generals, with their commissions ante-dated, lest they should be commanded by an Englishman, whom they had formerly had the pas of […]1758, 18 August, correspondence from Marlborough to William Pitt
    • But once the newcomer has settled her relative social standing and knows which of her fellows are to have the pas of her at the hayrick and the watering-place, and which she in turn may safely bully, all is peace in the pasture.1968, Edward Eggleston, The Faith Doctor, page 37

Forms of have the pas of someone

third-person singular presenthas the pas of someone
present participlehaving the pas of someone
past participlehad the pas of someone
pasthad the pas of someone

Questions about have the pas of someone

What does have the pas of someone mean?
Have the pas of someone means to have precedence over someone.
What part of speech is have the pas of someone?
Have the pas of someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of have the pas of someone?
The past tense of have the pas of someone is had the pas of someone.

Words near have the pas of someone in the dictionary

  1. have the last laugh
  2. have the laugh on one's side
  3. have the law of
  4. have the legs of someone
  5. have the painters in
  6. have the pas of someone
  7. have the pleasure
  8. have the right time
  9. have the run of
  10. have the sun in one's eyes
  11. have the tiger by the tail

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