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having in

having in is the present participle and gerund of have in.

Meaning of have in

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.
    • We managed to pick up a score of these young people from the streets and have them in for lunch.1953 March 30, LIFE, page 90

Questions about having in

What is having in the present participle and gerund of?
Having in is the present participle and gerund of have in.

Words near having in in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: having in (page history and authors); have in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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