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you just had to

you just had to phrase: used to scold someone.

Phrase

you just had to ...

  1. Used to scold someone.
    • You just had to take us on a "shortcut"! And now we're lost!

Questions about you just had to

What does you just had to mean?
You just had to means used to scold someone.
What part of speech is you just had to?
You just had to is a phrase.

Words near you just had to in the dictionary

  1. you have to be good to be lucky
  2. you have to be in it to win it
  3. you haven't lived
  4. you hear me
  5. you hear what I'm saying
  6. you just had to
  7. you kiss your father with that mouth
  8. you kiss your girlfriend with that mouth
  9. you kiss your grandfather with that mouth
  10. you kiss your grandmother with that mouth
  11. you kiss your mother with that mouth

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