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have on

verb
  1. To be wearing. · She has on a nice red shirt and skinny jeans.· I was wearing a bathrobe and had nothing on underneath.
  2. To have turned on (an electronic device). · I didn’t hear you because I had the radio on.
  3. To possess at the point of arrest. (colloquial) · I had some pills on me when that cop picked me up.
  4. To possess evidence of wrongdoing regarding (someone); to press charges on (someone). (colloquial) · They have two bodies on me.
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The party then gathered round the fire to hear Lady Catherine determine what weather they were to have on the morrow.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 194 · B2
It’s a sound they have on the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 122 · C1
“To leave behind you the diamond you have on your finger.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 842 · C1

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