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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

have a time en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Synonym of have a time of it.
    • Mama had a time tryin' to have him released in her custody, because of his severe medical condition. 2014, Bernadine C. Taylor, Keeping the Faith, page 200:
    • We had a time with our brother because of this, trying to get him into the hospital for treatment. 1976 October 21, Letter to Wayne Snipes:
    • Our hopes began to revive, at least from no longer lacking food, for I really had a time with several of my men who, often believing us lost on the prairie or surely to die from hunger, thirst, or at the hands of the Sioux, were continually cursing the moment when they had embarked on such a voyage. 2017, Jean-Baptiste Truteau, Raymond J. DeMallie, Douglas R. Parks, A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri, page 123:
    • Even in the best of times us older Autistics have a time handling two or three things at once. 2003, Rich Shull, Autism, Pre Rain Man, page 10:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
had a time Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had a time Tense=Past lexicographic
having a time Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
has a time Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

have a time of it