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Definition of Have on
1. Verb. Be dressed in. "She was wearing yellow that day"
Definition of Have on
1. Verb. (UK colloquial) To trick or deceive deliberately; to play a prank. ¹
2. Verb. To wear ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Have On
Literary usage of Have on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Hopkins, Professor Dana, Professor Shaler, and Mr. Fisher have, on different
grounds, advocated the existence of a fluid or viscous substratum beneath the ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1877)
"... to exist for months before the supposed cold adds the spark to the tinder ;
and have on record many cases in which this engorgement has disappeared ..."
3. Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which by James Handasyd Perkins, John Mason Peck (1857)
"... 1720, Law had been made minister of finance, and as such he proceeded first,
to forbid all persons to have on hand more than about one hundred dollars ..."
4. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"Some individuals may urge that the amusements of the theatre never had the bad
effects OB their minds which they are said to have on the minds ..."
5. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Only the most clear-headed see indistinctly what bearing it is likely to have on
English politics, and I expect that it will be years yet before its full ..."
6. Annual Report by New York and Erie Railroad Company (1853)
"... The effect which the completion of the western railroads, and the increase in
the traffic on those already built, will have on the lines to the Atlantic ..."
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