"let someone have it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-let someone have it.ogg [Australia] Forms: lets someone have it [present, singular, third-person], letting someone have it [participle, present], let someone have it [participle, past], let someone have it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|let<,,let> someone have it}} let someone have it (third-person singular simple present lets someone have it, present participle letting someone have it, simple past and past participle let someone have it)
  1. (idiomatic) To attack someone with great force. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-let_someone_have_it-en-verb-zxjKaxSI
  2. (idiomatic) To verbally assail someone. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-let_someone_have_it-en-verb-dKAvUDGt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 78 14 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 16 58 26
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, have, it.
    Sense id: en-let_someone_have_it-en-verb-ii3kGdyR

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