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let someone have it en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To attack someone with great force.
    • At dawn we really let 'em have it with a 30 minute artillery barrage.
    • […] purchased a heavy-duty, light-weight, stainless steel purse, complete with a flame throwers […] and a special attachment that let anyone stupid enough to make a derogatory remark about Gil's sexual persuasion have it right in the family jewels with a bronzed golf shoe. 1976 August 14, Bill Russell, “Gil Hustle Comes Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 11:
  2. (idiomatic) To verbally assail someone.
    • When I came home, he let me have it for wrecking the car.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, have, it.
    • When he showed me that he'd gotten the insurance certificate for our old car, I decided to let him have it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
let someone have it Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
let someone have it Tense=Past lexicographic
letting someone have it Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lets someone have it Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic