"have a gas" meaning in English

See have a gas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: has a gas [present, singular, third-person], having a gas [participle, present], had a gas [participle, past], had a gas [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a gas}} have a gas (third-person singular simple present has a gas, present participle having a gas, simple past and past participle had a gas)
  1. (idiomatic) Have a good time. Tags: idiomatic

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for have a gas meaning in English (1.4kB)

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