had better see under have

have seen or known better days

To be worse off or in worse condition now than formerly

so much the better

That is, or would be, preferable

the better part of

More than half of

think better of

1. To revise one's decision about, esp to decide against
2. To have a higher opinion of

have /hav/

transitive verb (prp havˈing; 2nd pers sing (archaic and dialect) hast; 3rd pers sing has or (archaic) hath; pl have; pres subjunctive have; pat and pap had; 2nd pers pat (archaic or dialect) hadst; pa subjunctive had)

1. To hold
2. To keep
3. To possess
4. To own
5. To hold in control
6. To bear
7. To be in a relation which is analogous to, if not quite the same as, ownership, as in to have a son, to have an assistant, to have no government
8. To be characterized by
9. To be given the use or enjoyment of
10. To experience
11. To know
12. To entertain in the mind
13. To grasp the meaning or point of
14. To hold as information
15. To put, assert or express
16. To suffer, endure, tolerate
17. To hold or esteem
18. To cause or allow to (do something; esp N American)
19. To convey, take, cause to go
20. To accept, take
21. To remove (with off or out)
22. To cause to be removed
23. To get
24. To obtain
25. To give birth to
26. To get the better of, hold at a disadvantage or in one's power in a dilemma
27. To take in, deceive (usu in passive)
28. To entertain in one's home (with back, in, round, etc; informal)
29. To ask to do a job in one's house, etc (with in, round, etc; informal)
30. To have sexual intercourse with (vulgar sl)
31. As an auxiliary verb, used with the pap in forming the perfect tenses

noun (pl haves)

1. A person who has possessions
2. A trick, swindle (old sl)

havˈer noun

1. A person who has or possesses, a holder
2. The person in whose custody a document is (Scots law)

havˈing noun

1. Act of possessing
2. Possession, estate
3. (esp in pl /hāvˈingz/) behaviour, good manners (Scot)

adjective

Greedy

have-a-goˈ adjective

Willing to attempt something, esp to stop a criminal in the act

have-atˈ-him noun (Shakespeare)

A thrust

haveˈ-not noun (pl haveˈ-nots)

A person who lacks possessions

have-onˈ noun

1. A deception, a hoax
2. A piece of humbug or chaff

had as good (archaic)

Might as well

had as lief (archaic)

Would as willingly

had better or had best

Would do best to

had like see under like¹

had rather

Would prefer

have at

1. (let me) attack
2. Here goes

have done see under do¹

have had it (informal)

1. To be ruined
2. To have missed one's opportunities
3. To be doomed, beyond hope
4. To have been killed
5. (also have had that) not to be going to get or do (something)

have it

1. To prevail
2. To exceed in any way
3. To get punishment, unpleasant consequences

have it away (slang)

1. To escape
2. To have sexual intercourse (with)

have it coming (to one) (informal)

To deserve the bad luck, punishment, etc that one is getting or will get

have it in for (someone) (informal)

To have a grudge against (someone)

have it in one

To have the courage or ability within oneself (to do something)

have it off or away (with) (vulgar sl)

To have sexual intercourse (with)

have it out

To discuss a point of contention, etc explicitly and exhaustively

have on

1. To wear
2. To take in, hoax, chaff
3. To have as an engagement or appointment

have to

To be obliged to

have to be (informal)

To surely be

have to do with see under do¹

have up

To call to account (before a court of justice, etc)

have what it takes

To have the necessary qualities or capabilities (to do something)

have with you (archaic)

I am ready to go with you

I have it

I have found the answer (to a problem, etc)

let (someone) have it

To attack (someone) with words, blows, etc

not be having any (of that)

To be unwilling to accept, tolerate, etc the thing proposed or mentioned