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there one has it

there one has it is the alternative form of there you have it.

Meaning of there you have it

Phrase

there you have it

  1. (idiomatic) That is it; that is the situation or state of things.
    • - But how could the burglar have scaled a twenty-foot wall without a ladder?
  2. (idiomatic) Used to introduce a speaker's interpretation of what has just transpired or been described

Questions about there one has it

What is there one has it the alternative form of?
There one has it is the alternative form of there you have it.

Words near there one has it in the dictionary

  1. there lies the rub
  2. there may be snow on the mountaintop but there's fire in the valley
  3. there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
  4. there must be something in the water
  5. there now
  6. there one has it
  7. there ought to be a law
  8. there oughta be a law
  9. there oughtta be a law
  10. there she blows
  11. there was

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Adapted from Wiktionary: there one has it (page history and authors); there you have it (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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