"have it away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has it away [present, singular, third-person], having it away [participle, present], had it away [participle, past], had it away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> it away}} have it away (third-person singular simple present has it away, present participle having it away, simple past and past participle had it away)
  1. (informal, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse. Tags: euphemistic, informal

Inflected forms

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