was 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.
was had
verbSee been had
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- be had
- been had
- had
- have been had
- clipped
- never give a sucker an even break
- never give a sucker an even chance
- keep telling yourself that
- be sold a bill of goods
- nobody's fool