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the ayes have it

the ayes have it phrase: something has received enough votes to be approved.

Phrase

the ayes have it

  1. Something has received enough votes to be approved.
  2. (figuratively) The majority agrees to or supports something.

Questions about the ayes have it

What does the ayes have it mean?
The ayes have it means something has received enough votes to be approved.
What part of speech is the ayes have it?
The ayes have it is a phrase.

Words near the ayes have it in the dictionary

  1. the arse is clean out of 'er
  2. the arse is gone right out of 'er
  3. the arse is out of 'er
  4. the arse is right out of 'er
  5. the Ashes
  6. the ayes have it
  7. the bad penny always comes back
  8. the bad penny always turns up
  9. the bad place
  10. The Bahamas
  11. the ball is in someone's court

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