have (someone) going
have (someone) going
1. To convince or persuade someone into temporarily believing an untruth; to fool someone, especially briefly. Man, you really had me going there with that fake winning lottery ticket!
2. To arouse, excite, or upset someone, usually for a brief period of time. Seeing that model in his underwear really had me going! That rumor that the company was dissolving had me going for a while, but it looks like our jobs are safe for the moment.
See also: going, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
have something going
(for oneself) [for someone] to have a beneficial scheme or operation going. John really has something going for himself. He'sa travelagent, andhegets to travel every where for free. I wish I could have something like that going.
See also: going, have
have something going
(with someone) Go to have a thing going (with someone).
See also: going, have
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- be in bad with (someone)
- big spender
- bargain
- bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)