"have at" meaning in English

See have at in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: en-au-have at.ogg
Head templates: {{en-interj}} have at
  1. (informal) Go ahead. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-have_at-en-intj-VoJPa0nq

Verb

Audio: en-au-have at.ogg Forms: has at [present, singular, third-person], having at [participle, present], had at [participle, past], had at [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> at}} have at (third-person singular simple present has at, present participle having at, simple past and past participle had at)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic, archaic) To attack; to engage in combat with. Tags: archaic, idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-have_at-en-verb-pj-yq-OY
  2. (transitive, figurative) To take on; to begin dealing with. Tags: figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-have_at-en-verb-RayczUpu Disambiguation of Violence: 22 31 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "at", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 6 84 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "at": 19 9 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 6 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 5 82

Inflected forms

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