"have it bad" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, page 68",
          "text": "Her smile was reward enough for the thought, and realizing it, he knew he had it bad.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Gaby Triana -, Summer of Yesterday, page 146",
          "text": "Only because my brother seems to have it bad for you.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Elana K. Arnold, Infandous, page 42",
          "text": "I almost feel sorry for him. I mean, you can see that he has it bad—his eyes stay trained on my mother's mouth as she tilts the bottle back, watches as she swallows, as she licks her lips.",
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        "To be obsessed (with); to be enthralled (by); to be in love (with)."
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          "ref": "2008, Judith O'Reilly, Wife in the North",
          "text": "He thinks he has it bad making new friends in school.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Don Collier, The Speed of Thought: And Ramblings on Human Evolution and Nature",
          "text": "From strictly a continent standpoint, Africa still has it bad in places today, but for the other continents, overall, they are much safer places than in the past.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Marianne Levy, Ellie May Can Definitely be Trusted to Keep a Secret",
          "text": "Kiko has it bad enough right now, with reporters stalking her day and night",
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          "ref": "1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, page 68",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Gaby Triana -, Summer of Yesterday, page 146",
          "text": "Only because my brother seems to have it bad for you.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Elana K. Arnold, Infandous, page 42",
          "text": "I almost feel sorry for him. I mean, you can see that he has it bad—his eyes stay trained on my mother's mouth as she tilts the bottle back, watches as she swallows, as she licks her lips.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
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          "ref": "2012, Don Collier, The Speed of Thought: And Ramblings on Human Evolution and Nature",
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