"have someone on toast" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-have someone on toast.ogg [Australia] Forms: has someone on toast [present, singular, third-person], having someone on toast [participle, present], had someone on toast [participle, past], had someone on toast [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> someone on toast}} 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. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic Synonyms: have someone by the short hairs § Synonyms
    Sense id: en-have_someone_on_toast-en-verb-Rj2kOKA6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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