let have it
Related to let have it: let it go
let (one) have it
To verbally attack or strongly reprimand one. When the boss finds out that I was responsible for this printing error, he's really going to let me have it.
See also: have, let
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
let someone have it (with both barrels)
Fig. to strike someone or attack someone verbally. (With both barrels intensifies the phrase; it alludes to firing a double-barreled shotgun.) I really let Tom have it with both barrels. I told him he had better not do that again if he knows what's good for him. Bob was really angry and let John have it—with both barrels.
See also: have, let
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
let (someone) have it
Informal1. To beat, strike, or shoot at someone.
2. To scold or punish.
See also: have, let
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- let (one) have it
- let me have it
- Let me have it!
- let somebody have it
- jump all over
- jump all over (one)
- jump all over someone
- drag (one) over the coals
- haul (someone) over the coals
- haul somebody over the coals