"habérselas" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

IPA: /aˈbeɾselas/, [aˈβ̞eɾ.se.las] Forms: me las he [first-person, present, singular], me las hube [first-person, preterite, singular], las habido [participle, past]
Rhymes: -eɾselas Head templates: {{es-verb}} habérselas (first-person singular present me las he, first-person singular preterite me las hube, past participle las habido)
  1. (idiomatic) to deal (with); to be up (against) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: vérselas, entendérselas
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          "english": "Even if they concede that the discovery of the firearms has saved a lot of bloodshed, it is no less true that, as our author puts it, the bravest is the victim of the meek, who dared not go one on one against him.",
          "ref": "1838, Mariano de Rementería y Fica, Manual alfabético del Quijote:",
          "text": "Aun cuando se conceda que el descubrimiento de las armas de fuego ha ahorrado mucha sangre en las batallas, no es menos cierto que, como dice nuestro autor, sea el mas valiente víctima del mas pusilánime, que no hubiera osado á habérselas con él cuerpo á cuerpo.",
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          "english": "The King's justice had to deal with hundreds of centaurs, and just as many smugglers.",
          "ref": "1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, “chapter 22”, in Ismael:",
          "text": "La justicia del Rey tenía que habérselas con centenares de centauros errantes, e igual número de contrabandistas:",
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          "ref": "1925, E. Fernández, Hace un siglo:",
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          "ref": "14 July 2017, Joan-Carles-Mèlich, “Filosofía de verano”, in La Vanguardia:",
          "text": "Esto significa que existir es habérselas con un espacio y con un tiempo concretos, históricos, biográficos",
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          "english": "Even if they concede that the discovery of the firearms has saved a lot of bloodshed, it is no less true that, as our author puts it, the bravest is the victim of the meek, who dared not go one on one against him.",
          "ref": "1838, Mariano de Rementería y Fica, Manual alfabético del Quijote:",
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