"have it" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: has it [present, singular, third-person], having it [participle, present], had it [participle, past], had it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> it}} have it (third-person singular simple present has it, present participle having it, simple past and past participle had it)
  1. To state or hold as true.
    Sense id: en-have_it-en-verb-UmR4~~7U
  2. (chiefly in the negative) To accept (an excuse, a behavior, etc). Translations (to understand or believe): kertoa (Finnish), sanoa (Finnish), besagen (German), úgy tartja (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-have_it-en-verb-en:not_have_it Categories (other): English negative polarity items Disambiguation of 'to understand or believe': 0 67 14 19
  3. To be the object of ridicule, rebuke, critique, etc.
    Sense id: en-have_it-en-verb-TNgZ5GWE
  4. To possess some desirable quality or ability.
    Sense id: en-have_it-en-verb-K52rr8zp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 23 13 55 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 11 13 13 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: as fate would have it, as luck would have it, have had it, let's have it

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