"have got" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have got.ogg [Australia] Forms: has got [present, singular, third-person], having got [participle, present], had got [participle, past], had got [past]
Etymology: From the present perfect of get. Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> got}} have got (third-person singular simple present has got, present participle having got, simple past and past participle had got)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic, especially UK) To have. Tags: UK, especially, idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-have_got-en-verb-oq8PkHJg Categories (other): British English
  2. (modal, idiomatic, with infinitive) To be obliged or obligated; must, have to, got to Tags: idiomatic, modal, with-infinitive
    Sense id: en-have_got-en-verb-68ybwfhI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 35 65 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 29 71

Inflected forms

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