had

be had

To be deluded, tricked, swindled, or outsmarted. (Always used in the past tense.) I was had by that insurance salesmen. Now we're paying twice as much for a plan that doesn't cover anything more than our last plan! I think you were had, my friend. That car is a complete piece of junk. The master chess player was had in the end by the young prodigy.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

had

verb
See taken
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (I) don't believe I've had the pleasure
  • (had) best (do something)
  • (had) known it was coming
  • (have done) more (something) than (one) has had hot dinners
  • (have) got a thing going (with someone)
  • (have) got it going on
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • (one had) better be going
  • (one had) better get moving
  • (one had) better get on (one's) horse
  • (one) (had) better be off
  • (one) (had) better hit the road
  • (one) (has) never had it so good
  • (one) has a point (there)
  • (one) has to draw a/the line somewhere
  • (someone had) better keep quiet about it
  • (someone had) better keep still about it
  • (someone's or something's) time has come
  • (someone) has nine lives
  • (something) to be had
  • A good time was had by all
  • Better keep still about it
  • I had a lovely time
  • I wished I had bitten my tongue off
  • I've had a lovely time
  • I've had enough of this!
  • I've had it up to here
  • If frogs had wheels, they wouldn't bump their butts
  • You cannot lose what you never had
  • You had better believe it!
  • You had to be there
  • a good time was had by all
  • be had
  • be had up (for something)
  • be on (one's) high horse
  • be on (one's) last legs
  • be on (the) air
  • be on acid
  • been had
  • don't believe I've had the pleasure
  • get PO'd
  • get knocked out cold
  • get off to a false start
  • get off-kilter
  • get out of kilter
  • get pissed off
  • get played like a fiddle
  • go off-kilter
  • go on the sick list
  • go out of kilter
  • got it bad
  • had
  • had (just) as soon (do something)
  • had a nice time
  • had as soon do
  • had best (do something)
  • had better
  • had better (do something)
  • had better/best do something
  • had it coming
  • had its day, has
  • had one's fill
  • had rather
  • had rather (do something)
  • had rather do
  • had sooner
  • had sooner (do something)
  • hardly have time to breathe
  • hardly have time to think
  • has had its chips
  • have (a lot) of bottle
  • have (a) bad press
  • have (a) good press
  • have (a) method in (one's) madness
  • have (a) method to (one's) madness
  • have (a)hold of (someone or something)
  • have (all) the cards
  • have (an amount of) plates spinning
  • have (got) (one's) nose out of joint
  • have (got) (one) pegged as (something)
  • have (got) (someone) pegged as (something)
  • have (got) (something) cinched
  • have (got) a glow on
  • have (got) a load on
  • have (got) a short fuse
  • have (got) a skinful
  • have (got) a tiger by the tail
  • have (got) good vibes (about someone or something)
  • have (got) it all over
  • have (got) it made in the shade
  • have (got) the hots
  • have (got) to (do something)
  • have (high) hopes of (something)
  • have (one's) (name and) number on it
  • have (one's) (own) way
  • have (one's) act together
  • have (one's) back up
  • have (one's) brain on a leash
  • have (one's) collar felt
  • have (one's) collar touched
  • have (one's) day in court
  • have (one's) druthers
  • have (one's) ears lowered
  • have (one's) end away
  • have (one's) eye
  • have (one's) eyes glued to (something)
  • have (one's) fill (of something)
  • have (one's) finger in too many pies
  • have (one's) fingers burned
  • have (one's) fingers in the till
  • have (one's) foot on (someone's) neck
  • have (one's) hand in (something)
  • have (one's) hand in the cookie jar
  • have (one's) head in the sand
  • have (one's) head read
  • have (one's) head screwed on (right)
  • have (one's) head up (one's) ass
  • have (one's) heart (dead) set against (something)
  • have (one's) heart in (one's) mouth
  • have (one's) heart in (something)
  • have (one's) heart on (one's) sleeve
  • have (one's) heart stand still
  • have (one's) luck run out
  • have (one's) name taken
  • have (one's) nose in a book
  • have (one's) nose in a magazine
  • have (one's) nose in the air
  • have (one's) nose to the grindstone
  • have (one's) pick of (something)
  • have (one's) plate full
  • have (one's) rathers
  • have (one's) say
  • have (one's) share of (something)
  • have (one's) shoulder to the wheel
  • have (one's) sights trained on (someone or something)
  • have (one's) thinking cap on
  • have (one's) wig blown off
  • have (one's) wires crossed
  • have (one's) wits about (one)
  • have (one's) words stick in (one's) throat
  • have (one's) work cut out
  • have (one's) work cut out for (one)
  • have (one's)/the facts straight
  • have (one) bang to rights
  • have (one) cold
  • have (one) in (for something)
  • have (one) in fits
  • have (one) on a short leash
  • have (one) on the run
  • have (one) up
  • have (sexual) relations (with someone)
  • have (some) time to kill
  • have (some/any) qualms about (something or someone)
  • have (someone or something) by the tail
  • have (someone or something) in (one's) sights
  • have (someone or something) in tow
  • have (someone or something) on (one's) mind
  • have (someone or something) on the brain
  • have (someone's) number on it
  • have (someone) at (one's) mercy
  • have (someone) by (something)
  • have (someone) coming and going
  • have (someone) eating out of the palm of (one's) hand
  • have (someone) going
  • have (someone) in
  • have (someone) laughing in the aisles
  • have (someone) on a tight leash
  • have (someone) on the brain
  • have (someone) under (one's) spell
  • have (someone) under (one's) wing
  • have (something) against (someone or something)
  • have (something) at heart
  • have (something) cinched
  • have (something) coming
  • have (something) coming to (one)
  • have (something) doing
  • have (something) down to a T
  • have (something) down to a fine art
  • have (something) down to a science
  • have (something) in hand
  • have (something) in perspective
  • have (something) in stock
  • have (something) in store (for one)
  • have (something) made
  • have (something) off pat
  • have (something) off to a fine art
  • have (something) on
  • have (something) on file
  • have (something) on the brain
  • have (something) on the go
  • have (something) out
  • have (something) to burn
  • have (something) to do
  • have (something) to go
  • have (something) to offer
  • have (something) to play with
  • have (something) up the wazoo
  • have (something) up the yin-yang
  • have (something) well in hand
  • have (the) first crack at (something)
  • have (the) time
  • have Buckley's (chance)
  • have a (good) sniff around
  • have a (heavy) cross to bear
  • have a (sudden) rush of blood to the head
  • have a 20 on (someone)
  • have a C-note
  • have a Captain Cook
  • have a Technicolor yawn
  • have a bad attitude
  • have a bad effect (on someone or something)
  • have a bad hair day
  • have a bad night
  • have a bad time
  • have a ball
  • have a bash
  • have a bash at (something)
  • have a bear by the tail
  • have a bee in (one's) bonnet
  • have a bellyful (of something)
  • have a big mouth
  • have a bird
  • have a bite
  • have a blond moment
  • have a blowout
  • have a blue fit
  • have a bone on
  • have a bone to pick (with one)
  • have a brick in (one's) hat
  • have a broad back
  • have a brush with (something)
  • have a bumpy ride
  • have a bun in the oven
  • have a burr under (one's) saddle
  • have a butcher's
  • have a buzz on
  • have a cadenza
  • have a case (against someone or something)
  • have a case on (someone)
  • have a change of heart
  • have a charley horse
  • have a charmed life
  • have a clean conscience
  • have a clear conscience
  • have a clear head
  • have a close call
  • have a close shave
  • have a cob on
  • have a conniption
  • have a conniption fit
  • have a corncob up (one's) ass
  • have a corncob up (one's) butt
  • have a couple
  • have a crush on (someone)
  • have a death wish
  • have a derry on (one)
  • have a dig at (someone or something)
  • have a dirt nap
  • have a dog in the fight
  • have a dog in this fight
  • have a dog in this hunt
  • have a dog's chance
  • have a drinking problem
  • have a fable for (something)
  • have a face like a wet weekend
  • have a face like thunder
  • have a falling out
  • have a familiar ring
  • have a feel for (something)
  • have a few
  • have a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock
  • have a few loose marbles
  • have a few too many
  • have a fighting chance
  • have a finger in the pie
  • have a firm grip on (someone or something)
  • have a fit
  • have a fix
  • have a fix of (something)
  • have a fix on (something)
  • have a flair for (something)
  • have a fling (with someone)
  • have a foot in both camps
  • have a foothold
  • have a foothold in (something)
  • have a free hand
  • have a fresh start
  • have a frog in (one's) throat
  • have a gander
  • have a gander (at someone or something)
  • have a gas
  • have a gift for (doing something)
  • have a gift for gab
  • have a glass jaw
  • have a go (at someone or something)
  • have a good arm
  • have a good command of (something)
  • have a good mind
  • have a good mind to (do something)
  • have a good night
  • have a good pair of lungs
  • have a good run
  • have a good run for (one's) money
  • have a good thing going
  • have a good time
  • have a green thumb
  • have a grip on (something)
  • have a grudge (against one)
  • have a hand for (someone or something)
  • have a hand like a foot
  • have a handle on (something)
  • have a hankering for (something)
  • have a hard head
  • have a hard time
  • have a hard time with (someone or something)
  • have a hard-on
  • have a hard-on for (someone or something)
  • have a head for (something)
  • have a head for figures
  • have a head for heights
  • have a head start
  • have a heart attack
  • have a heart of glass
  • have a heart-to-heart (talk)
  • have a heavy foot
  • have a heavy heart
  • have a hidden talent
  • have a hide like a rhinoceros
  • have a high old time
  • have a hollow leg
  • have a hunch (about someone or something)
  • have a hunch that is the case
  • have a jab at (someone or something)
  • have a jag on
  • have a job
  • have a jones for (something)
  • have a keen interest in (something)
  • have a kick to it/them
  • have a knee-trembler
  • have a knees-up
  • have a lash at (something)
  • have a late night
  • have a lead foot
  • have a leak
  • have a lean patch
  • have a lick of the tar brush
  • have a light bulb go off (in (one's) head)
  • have a light bulb go off in (one's) brain
  • have a light bulb go on (in (one's) head)
  • have a light bulb go on in (one's) brain
  • have a light heart
  • have a light-bulb moment
  • have a line on (someone or something)
  • have a little visitor
  • have a long face
  • have a long memory
  • have a long way to go
  • have a look (at someone or something)
  • have a look for (someone or something)
  • have a loose screw
  • have a loose tongue
  • have a lot of irons in the fire
  • have a lot of promise
  • have a lot on
  • have a lot on (one's) mind
  • have a lot on the ball
  • have a lot to answer for
  • have a loud mouth
  • have a low boiling point
  • have a lump in (one's) throat
  • have a makeover
  • have a meltdown
  • have a memory like a sieve
  • have a memory like an elephant
  • have a mind as sharp as a steel trap
  • have a mind like a sieve
  • have a mind like a steel trap
  • have a mind of its own
  • have a mind to (do something)
  • have a monopoly on (something)
  • have a moonflaw in the brain
  • have a near miss
  • have a nodding acquaintance (with someone or something)
  • have a nose (round)
  • have a package on
  • have a panic attack
  • have a part in (something)
  • have a part to play
  • have a passion for (something)
  • have a penchant for (something)
  • have a pick-me-up
  • have a pink fit
  • have a place in (something)
  • have a poke around
  • have a poker up (one's) arse
  • have a poker up (one's) ass
  • have a poker up (one's) butt
  • have a prayer
  • have a price on (one's) head
  • have a purple patch
  • have a rare old time
  • have a ringside seat
  • have a ringside view
  • have a role in (something)
  • have a rough idea about (something)
  • have a rough idea of (something)
  • have a rough patch
  • have a rough ride
  • have a rough time (of it)
  • have a rough trot
  • have a roving eye
  • have a run of (something)
  • have a run-in
  • have a say (in something)
  • have a score to settle
  • have a scrape with (one)
  • have a screw loose
  • have a seat
  • have a senior moment
  • have a set-to (with someone or something)
  • have a sharp tongue
  • have a shit-fit
  • have a shot at (someone or something)
  • have a shower
  • have a shufti
  • have a shy at (something)
  • have a silver tongue
  • have a skin like a rhinoceros
  • have a smack at (something)
  • have a snoot full
  • have a soft spot for (someone or something)
  • have a spaz
  • have a spill
  • have a spring in (one's) step
  • have a stab at (doing something)
  • have a stake in (something)
  • have a stroke
  • have a strong stomach
  • have a sweet tooth
  • have a swollen head
  • have a taste for (something)
  • have a thick head
  • have a thick skin
  • have a thick skull
  • have a thin skin
  • have a thin time (of it)
  • have a thing
  • have a thing for (something)
  • have a thing going (with someone)
  • have a thirst for (something)
  • have a tight grip on (someone or something)
  • have a tight rein on (someone or something)
  • have a time of it
  • have a tin ear
  • have a touch of class
  • have a touch of the tar brush
  • have a tough time (of it)
  • have a vested interest (in something)
  • have a voice (in something)
  • have a way of (doing something)
  • have a way with words
  • have a weight problem
  • have a whale of a (good) time
  • have a wild hair to (do something)
  • have a wild hair up (one's) ass
  • have a wolf by the ears
  • have a working knowledge of (something)
  • have a worm in (one's) tongue
  • have a yellow belly
  • have a yen for (something)
  • have a/(one's) finger in every pie
  • have a/(one's) finger in the pie
  • have a/(one's) foot in the door
  • have a/some nerve
  • have a/the bright idea
  • have a/the feel of (something)
  • have airs and graces
  • have all (of) (one's) ducks in a row
  • have all the aces
  • have all the answers
  • have an accident
  • have an ace in the hole
  • have an affair (with someone)
  • have an alcohol problem
  • have an appetite for (something)
  • have an argument (with someone)
  • have an ax(e) to grind
  • have an axe to grind
  • have an early night
  • have an easy ride
  • have an easy time of it
  • have an edge on
  • have an edge on (someone or something)
  • have an even chance of (doing something)
  • have an eye for (something)
  • have an eye on/for/to the main chance
  • have an eye out
  • have an inkling (of something)
  • have an itch for (something)
  • have an open mind
  • have an out
  • have an ox on the tongue
  • have an/(one's) ear close to the ground
  • have an/the itch to (do something)
  • have another guess coming
  • have another thing coming
  • have another think coming
  • have ants in the/(one's) pants
  • have any joy
  • have anything on
  • have arrived
  • have at (someone or something)
  • have back at (one)
  • have bags under (one's) eyes
  • have bats in the belfry
  • have been around the block
  • have been around the block a few times
  • have been had
  • have been there
  • have been there before
  • have been to the wars
  • have big ears
  • have bigger fish to fry
  • have blinders on
  • have both feet on the ground
  • have both oars in the water
  • have bought it
  • have broad shoulders
  • have butterflies in (one's) stomach
  • have clay feet
  • have clean hands
  • have cold feet
  • have contact with (one)
  • have deep pockets
  • have dibs on (something)
  • have enough sense to pound salt
  • have enough sense to pound sand
  • have eyes bigger than (one's) belly
  • have eyes bigger than (one's) stomach
  • have eyes for (someone or something)
  • have eyes like a hawk
  • have eyes like saucers
  • have feet of clay
  • have first call on (something)
  • have friends in high places
  • have fun and games
  • have good antennae
  • have got it bad
  • have got it in (one)
  • have gray hair
  • have green fingers
  • have grown whiskers
  • have had (one's) chips
  • have had a basinful
  • have had a basinful (of something)
  • have had a bellyful
  • have had a bellyful of somebody/something
  • have had a few
  • have had a good innings
  • have had enough
  • have had enough of (someone or something)
  • have had it
  • have had it with (someone or something)
  • have had its day
  • have had its/(one's) day
  • have had more than (one's) fair share of (something)
  • have had one too many
  • have had the Richard
  • have had the biscuit
  • have had the pleasure
  • have had the radish
  • have had your chips
  • have had your day
  • have had your fill of
  • have had your fill of somebody/something
  • have had your fill of something
  • have had your/its day
  • have half a mind to (do something)
  • have half an ear on (someone or something)
  • have half an eye on (someone or something)
  • have heart failure
  • have hollow legs
  • have hysterics
  • have in mind
  • have it
  • have it away
  • have it away (with someone)
  • have it both ways
  • have it in (one)
  • have it in for (someone)
  • have it knocked
  • have it made
  • have it off (with someone)
  • have it on (one's) toes
  • have it on good authority
  • have it out (with someone)
  • have it out for (someone)
  • have it that (something)
  • have it/that coming
  • have itchy feet
  • have itchy fingers
  • have its/(one's) moments
  • have jam on it
  • have kangaroos in (one's)/the top paddock
  • have kissed the Blarney Stone
  • have kittens
  • have lead in (one's) pants
  • have legs
  • have many irons in the fire
  • have mixed feelings (about something)
  • have money to burn
  • have more holes than Swiss cheese
  • have more money than sense
  • have nerves of steel
  • have never looked back
  • have nine lives
  • have no business (doing something)
  • have no heart for (something)
  • have no idea
  • have no part in/of (something)
  • have no stomach for (something)
  • have no strings attached
  • have no time for (someone or something)
  • have no words for (someone or something)
  • have none of (something)
  • have none of it/that
  • have not heard the half of it
  • have nothing to do
  • have occasion to (do something)
  • have one eye on (someone or something)
  • have one foot in the grave
  • have one for the worms
  • have one over (the) eight
  • have one too many
  • have other fish to fry
  • have pins and needles
  • have precedence over (someone or something)
  • have pride of place
  • have regard to (something)
  • have scales fall from (one's) eyes
  • have seen (one's) day
  • have seen better days
  • have several irons in the fire
  • have sex
  • have skin in the game
  • have snow on the mountain
  • have snow on the roof
  • have something on the ball
  • have something to eat
  • have something to prove
  • have sporting blood
  • have square eyes
  • have strings attached
  • have swallowed a dictionary
  • have teeth
  • have teething problems
  • have teething troubles
  • have the (brass) face to (do something)
  • have the (brass) neck to (do something)
  • have the (good) grace to (do something)
  • have the advantage of (something)
  • have the ball at (one's) feet
  • have the best of (something)
  • have the better of (someone or something)
  • have the blues
  • have the brass (neck) to (do something)
  • have the bug
  • have the courage of (one's) convictions
  • have the courtesy to (do something)
  • have the devil's own job
  • have the devil's own luck
  • have the drop on (someone or something)
  • have the edge on (someone or something)
  • have the feel of (something)
  • have the feeling
  • have the final say
  • have the final word
  • have the floor
  • have the goods
  • have the hang of (something)
  • have the heart (to do something)
  • have the honor of (doing something)
  • have the horn
  • have the inside track
  • have the jump on
  • have the last laugh
  • have the last say
  • have the last word
  • have the luck of the devil
  • have the makings of (something)
  • have the mouth of a sailor
  • have the munchies
  • have the nerve to (do something)
  • have the patience of Job
  • have the right idea
  • have the right sow by the ear
  • have the run of (some place)
  • have the shakes
  • have the shirt off (one's) back
  • have the sniffles
  • have the snuffles
  • have the sun in (one's) eyes
  • have the upper hand
  • have the weight of the world on (one's) shoulders
  • have the whip hand
  • have the wind up
  • have the world by the tail
  • have the world on a string
  • have the worst of (something)
  • have the/(one's) feelers out
  • have tickets on (oneself)
  • have to be seen to be believed
  • have to do with (something)
  • have to eat (one's) words
  • have too many irons in the fire
  • have toys in the attic
  • have truck with
  • have two strikes against (one)
  • have two strings to (one's) bow
  • have what it takes
  • have whiskers
  • have windmills in (one's) head
  • have work done
  • if pigs had wings
  • if pigs had wings, they would/could fly
  • in hospital
  • more something than someone has had hot dinners
  • more than someone has had hot dinners
  • more.../more often than somebody has had hot dinners
  • never had it so good
  • never had it so good, one
  • no joy
  • not have a lot on
  • not have anything on (someone or something)
  • not have the first idea
  • not have the slightest idea
  • ride roughshod over (someone or something)
  • roll with the punches
  • taken
  • the tide turns
  • was had
  • went out with the ark
  • what you've never had you never miss
  • you had me worried
  • you had one job
  • you('d) better believe it
References in classic literature
But now Fortune, fearing she had acted out of character, and had inclined too long to the same side, especially as it was the right side, hastily turned about: for now Goody Brown--whom Zekiel Brown caressed in his arms; nor he alone, but half the parish besides; so famous was she in the fields of Venus, nor indeed less in those of Mars.
When each of the combatants had borne off sufficient spoils of hair from the head of her antagonist, the next rage was against the garments.
We should observe, that at the heels of Pierre Delaunay came draggling an Indian wife, whom he had picked up in his wanderings; having grown weary of celibacy among the savages.
The latter, having heard the several stories of these wanderers, took them all into his party, and set out for the Caldron Linn, to clear out two or three of the caches which had not been revealed to the Indians.
Trundle had to be informed of all the mighty preparations that were making in London; and, being in a delicate state of health, was informed thereof through Mr.
They were welcomed heartily though, for riches or poverty had no influence on Mr.
The old man told me he had not been in the Brazils for about nine years; but that he could assure me that when he came away my partner was living, but the trustees whom I had joined with him to take cognisance of my part were both dead: that, however, he believed I would have a very good account of the improvement of the plantation; for that, upon the general belief of my being cast away and drowned, my trustees had given in the account of the produce of my part of the plantation to the procurator-fiscal, who had appropriated it, in case I never came to claim it, one-third to the king, and two-thirds to the monastery of St.
I showed myself a little concerned and uneasy at this account, and inquired of the old captain how it came to pass that the trustees should thus dispose of my effects, when he knew that I had made my will, and had made him, the Portuguese captain, my universal heir,
Having thought of the matter with care, I approached my subject as if I had never hinted at it before.
I alluded to the advantages I had derived in my first rawness and ignorance from his society, and I confessed that I feared I had but ill repaid them, and that he might have done better without me and my expectations.
It was the time when the Dutch and the Portuguese, rivalling each other in this branch of horticulture, had begun to worship that flower, and to make more of a cult of it than ever naturalists dared to make of the human race for fear of arousing the jealousy of God.
While we stayed here we were given to understand that those who had been pleased at Goa to give us directions in relation to our journey had done nothing but tell us lies.
(Boris understood that Arakcheev envied Balashev and was displeased that evidently important news had reached the Emperor otherwise than through himself.)
In ordinary combs it has appeared to me that the bees do not always succeed in working at exactly the same rate from the opposite sides; for I have noticed half-completed rhombs at the base of a just-commenced cell, which were slightly concave on one side, where I suppose that the bees had excavated too quickly, and convex on the opposed side, where the bees had worked less quickly.
Let any one now consider with that little difficulty the king could have maintained his position in Italy had he observed the rules above laid down, and kept all his friends secure and protected; for although they were numerous they were both weak and timid, some afraid of the Church, some of the Venetians, and thus they would always have been forced to stand in with him, and by their means he could easily have made himself secure against those who remained powerful.