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having had one's chips

having had one's chips is the present participle and gerund of have had one's chips.

Meaning of have had one's chips

Verb

have had one's chips (third-person singular simple present has had one's chips, present participle having had one's chips, simple past and past participle had had one's chips)

  1. (idiomatic) To be dead or finished.
    • He must have had his chips, she thought, and our children will be born fatherless.2005, Edward Blishen, Kingfisher Treasury of Super Cool Stories, page 118

Questions about having had one's chips

What is having had one's chips the present participle and gerund of?
Having had one's chips is the present participle and gerund of have had one's chips.

Words near having had one's chips in the dictionary

  1. having got someone's six
  2. having got the face on
  3. having got to
  4. having had it
  5. having had it up to here
  6. having had one's chips
  7. having had one's day under the sun
  8. having in
  9. having in mind
  10. having it
  11. having it all

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