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have way

have way verb: of a vessel: to be under way; to be moving or making progress.

Verb

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

  1. Of a vessel: to be under way; to be moving or making progress.

Forms of have way

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

Questions about have way

What does have way mean?
Have way means of a vessel: to be under way; to be moving or making progress.
What part of speech is have way?
Have way is a verb.
What is the past tense of have way?
The past tense of have way is had way.

Words near have way in the dictionary

  1. have truck and trade with
  2. have truck with
  3. have two strings to one's bow
  4. have up
  5. have Van Gogh's ear for music
  6. have way
  7. have wind in one's jaw
  8. have words
  9. have work done
  10. have you eaten
  11. have you got the time

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