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having someone on toast

having someone on toast is the present participle and gerund of have someone on toast.

Meaning of have someone on toast

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To have somebody in one's power, or in a compromising or helpless position.
    • Every crime commentator on cable news will have him on toast.2011, Michael Bowen, Service Dress Blues: A Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Mystery, page 102
    Synonyms:
    have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms

Questions about having someone on toast

What is having someone on toast the present participle and gerund of?
Having someone on toast is the present participle and gerund of have someone on toast.

Words near having someone on toast in the dictionary

  1. having shit on
  2. having someone by the balls
  3. having someone by the short and curlies
  4. having someone by the short hairs
  5. having someone on
  6. having someone on toast
  7. having someone there
  8. having someone to rights
  9. having someone's back
  10. having someone's blood
  11. having someone's blood on one's head

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