have someone going en · VERB
Meanings
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See have, go.
Grandpa had Johnny going shopping for him.
She had him going around in circles.
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(colloquial) To temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.
It had us going for a minute […] Was this a personalised bag from Dior? Did it mean Céline (the brand) and Dior were teaming up for a collaboration that they were debuting on Céline (the person)? We really wanted that last one to be true, however it turns out the image was the work of Instagram parody artist Reilly.
2017 August 7, Maddison Glendinning, “The Real Story Behind Céline Dion’s Personalised Dior Bag”, in harpersbazaararabia.com:You had me going for a minute there when you said Jimmy Wales had been asking for me.
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(colloquial) To cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.
When he was lying still on the field, he really had me going. I was afraid he was dead.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| had someone going | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had someone going | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| having someone going | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| has someone going | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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