'To have a man out' definitions:
Definition of 'To have a man out'
From: GCIDE
- Have \Have\ (h[a^]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Had (h[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Having. Indic. present, I have, thou hast, he has; we, ye, they have.] [OE. haven, habben, AS. habben (imperf. h[ae]fde, p. p. geh[ae]fd); akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries. hebba, OHG. hab[=e]n, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. avoir. Cf. Able, Avoirdupois, Binnacle, Habit.]
- 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one. [1913 Webster]
- The earth hath bubbles, as the water has. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He had a fever late. --Keats. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To accept possession of; to take or accept. [1913 Webster]
- Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To get possession of; to obtain; to get. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require. [1913 Webster]
- I had the church accurately described to me. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also? --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To hold, regard, or esteem. [1913 Webster]
- Of them shall I be had in honor. --2 Sam. vi. 22. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To cause or force to go; to take. "The stars have us to bed." --Herbert. "Have out all men from me." --2 Sam. xiii. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive. [1913 Webster]
- Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To understand. [1913 Webster]
- You have me, have you not? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 12. To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Have, as an auxiliary verb, is used with the past participle to form preterit tenses; as, I have loved; I shall have eaten. Originally it was used only with the participle of transitive verbs, and denoted the possession of the object in the state indicated by the participle; as, I have conquered him, I have or hold him in a conquered state; but it has long since lost this independent significance, and is used with the participles both of transitive and intransitive verbs as a device for expressing past time. Had is used, especially in poetry, for would have or should have. [1913 Webster]
- Myself for such a face had boldly died. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- To have a care, to take care; to be on one's guard.
- To have (a man) out, to engage (one) in a duel.
- To have done (with). See under Do, v. i.
- To have it out, to speak freely; to bring an affair to a conclusion.
- To have on, to wear.
- To have to do with. See under Do, v. t.
- Syn: To possess; to own. See Possess. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To have a man out'
- Man,
- Manful,
- Manfully,
- Manfulness,
- Manly,
- Manned,
- Manning,
- T man,
- a'man,
- to a man,
- man-to-man,
- A greegree man,
- A man of mark,
- A marked man,
- Best man,
- Confidence man,
- End man,
- Family man,
- Foremast man,
- G man,
- Gong man,
- Iron man,
- Java man,
- Ladies' man,
- Man Friday,
- Man ape,
- Man at arms,
- Man engine,
- Man milliner,
- Man of motley,
- Man of sin,
- Man of straw,
- Man of war,
- Man, WV,
- Man-of-war's man,
- Manly, IA,
- Manning, IA,
- Manning, SC,
- Marrying man,
- Medicine man,
- Neanderthal man,
- Party man,
- Point man,
- Property man,
- Reading man,
- Red man,
- Serving man,
- Sporting man,
- Squaw man,
- To be one's own man,
- To man a yard,
- To man the yards,
- Tobacco man,
- Turnpike man,
- Wolf man,
- age of man,
- average man,
- backup man,
- ballyhoo man,
- beef man,
- bionic man,
- black man,
- boskop man,
- broth of a man,
- career man,
- cave man,
- city man,
- college man,
- common man,
- company man,
- con man,
- conjure man,
- corner man,
- cow man,
- customer's man,
- divorced man,
- elevator man,
- enlisted man,
- ent man,
- fall of man,
- fancy man,
- feral man,
- fighting man,
- fingerprint man,
- front man,
- garbage man,
- gay man,
- gingerbread man,
- government man,
- great man,
- handy man,
- hatchet man,
- he-man,
- heidelberg man,
- hired man,
- hit man,
- holdup man,
- hollow man,
- holy man,
- honest man,
- inner man,
- isle of man,
- leading man,
- learned man,
- leg man,
- lookout man,
- maintenance man,
- man and wife,
- man eater,
- man eating,
- man hour,
- man in the street,
- man jack,
- man made,
- man of action,
- man of affairs,
- man of deeds,
- man of letters,
- man of means,
- man of science,
- man of the cloth,
- man of the world,
- man's body,
- man's clothing,
- married man,
- mechanical man,
- medical man,
- military man,
- miracle man,
- modern man,
- mountain man,
- muffin man,
- muscle man,
- navy man,
- neandertal man,
- no man's land,
- odd man out,
- old man,
- organization man,
- outdoor man,
- peking man,
- piltdown man,
- pivot man,
- pr man,
- preacher man,
- prehistoric man,
- publicity man,
- railroad man,
- railway man,
- remittance man,
- renaissance man,
- rewrite man,
- rhodesian man,
- rich man,
- section man,
- service man,
- solo man,
- son of man,
- stan the man,
- stickup man,
- straight man,
- straw man,
- strong man,
- stunt man,
- t-man,
- trigger man,
- trinil man,
- unmarried man,
- utility man,
- vigilance man,
- wealthy man,
- white man,
- wild man,
- wise man,
- working man,
- worship of man,
- yellow man,
- yes man,
- young man,
- Blind man's buff,
- Decoy-man,
- Full-manned,
- G-man,
- Good humor man,
- Man-eater,
- Man-of-the earth,
- Man-of-war,
- No-man's land,
- Poor man's treacle,
- Poor man's weatherglass,
- Quarry-man,
- Remainder-man,
- Stone Age man,
- Trencher-man,
- ape-man,
- barrow-man,
- dirty old man,
- life-of-man,
- macho-man,
- man-about-town,
- man-at-arms,
- man-child,
- man-hour,
- man-made,
- man-of-the-earth,
- man-on-a-horse,
- man-portable,
- man-sized,
- old man of the mountain,
- old man's beard,
- one-man,
- poor man's orchid,
- poor man's pulse,
- public relations man,
- right hand man,
- song and dance man,
- white man's burden,
- yes-man,
- Gold-end man,
- Man-of-war hawk,
- Man-stopping bullet,
- No-man's-land,
- Portuguese man-of-war,
- Self-made man,
- dead-man's float,
- four-minute man,
- man-eating shark,
- man-made fiber,
- man-made lake,
- man-of-war bird,
- middle-aged man,
- odd-job man,
- old-man-of-the-woods,
- one-man rule,
- pac-man strategy,
- right-hand man,
- two-man saw,
- two-man tent,
- white-man's foot,
- dead-man's-fingers