Collocations for "had"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "had" in context.
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have
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- have a [job, role]
- have a [problem, question, suggestion]
- have [cancer, the flu, a cold]
- has [long, short, blond] hair
- has [blue, green] eyes
- have (my) [doubts, suspicions]
- has (its) [advantages, disadvantages]
- have an [account, profile] with
- have an [impact, effect] on
- has an [excellent, extensive, interesting]
- (always) have [good, bad] luck
- have the [nerve, courage, balls] to
- [don't, never] have enough
- have trouble [finding, getting, making]
- have a feeling that
- have a way with [children, people, babies]
- have a [chocolate, bite, snack]
- have a [steak, yoghurt] for [dinner, lunch]
- can I have [a drink, the steak] (please)?
- please can I [have]
- can I please [have]
- [can, can't] have it all
- have your fill
- have [fun, a good time]
- have a great [day, time, vacation]
- have a [go, try]
- UK: have a [shower, wash, haircut]
- have [sex, intercourse] (with)
- have a [discussion, debate, argument, conversation]
- have the final [word, say, decision]
- has become (increasingly)
- has [always, already, never] been
- has (already) been [used, made, done]
- has (only just) [begun, started, finished]
- has [more, nothing] to do with
- has been [years, months] (since)
- have you [seen, heard, tried, been]
- have you ever [seen]
- have (not) [heard from, seen] him
- having [heard, seen, learned]
- have to [say, speak up, go]
- have to [deal with, worry about, look for]
- you don't have to [go, do it]
- don't have to if you don't want to
- have to [go, leave, run]
- have [friends, visitors, relatives, guests] over
- have [friends] to stay
- I've had it (up to here) with
- UK: [he, her friend, my father-in-law] was having me on
- UK: I haven't (got) any [money]
'had' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
January
- SAT
- Welsh
- a number of
- about
- absence
- absolutely
- academic
- accident
- ace
- acquaintance
- act
- admit
- advantage
- adventurous
- adverse
- affair
- affectionate
- age
- agreeable
- aim
- air
- album
- allege
- almost
- already
- alternative
- amazing
- amused
- amusing
- another
- answer
- anxious
- apart
- appalling
- apparently
- appendix
- appreciation
- apprehensive
- argument
- arm
- armpit
- arrangement
- ashamed
- assist
- assumption
- astonished
- atmosphere
- attack
- attendance