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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

have it large en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To engage intensely in pleasure-seeking activities.
    • Unlike Oasis, the point wasn't simply to have it large and live a whacked-out existence as professional rock stars. 1999, Mick Middles, Manic Street Preachers, page 193:
    • On the dance floor, people are having it large: hands in the air, whooping and yelling, boogieing in a sweaty drug fueled mass. 2006, Bill Sanders, Drugs, Clubs And Young People: Sociological and Public Health Perspectives, page xi:
    • […] that cultural theorists could be forgiven for thinking that every young Briton between the ages of 15 and 25 was out having it large. 1999, Jeremy Gilbert, Ewan Pearson, Discographies: Dance Music, Culture, and the Politics of Sound, page 28:

Forms

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

Coordinates

live large

Synonyms

give it large · large it up · large it