- have on
- phrasal verb
have on or have got on
[transitive, never progressive]
Word forms "have on":
present tense I/you/we/they have on he/she/it has on present participle having on past tense had on past participle had on1) have something on to be wearing particular clothes, shoes etcMelissa had her new dress on.
have nothing on (= be wearing no clothes):I couldn't see properly. I didn't have my glasses on.
Of course he was cold – he'd got practically nothing on.
2) have something on if you have the radio, television, heating etc on, you have switched it on and it is workingI can't talk to him while he's got the television on.
We haven't had the air conditioning on all summer.
3) have something on someone to have information about someone that shows they have done something dishonest or illegalThey haven't got anything on Marlowe, so they can't arrest him.
4) have something on to have arranged to do something at a particular time, so that you are not available to do anything elsehave on for:Do you have anything on for tomorrow afternoon?
5) be having someone onBritish informal to be trying to make someone believe something that is not true, as a jokeHe's having you on: don't take any notice of him.
English dictionary. 2014.