[haul in one’s horns] See: PULL IN ONE’S HORNS.

[haul off]{v.} To move suddenly. — Used with "and" usually before averb like "hit" or "kick". •/Ed hauled off and hit the other boy in thenose./ •/Lee hauled off and threw a touchdown pass./

[haul over the coals] or [rake over the coals] {v. phr.} Tocriticize sharply; rebuke; scold. •/The sergeant raked the soldier over thecoals for being late for roll call./ Syn.: DRESS DOWN.

[have] See: CAT HAS NINE LIVES, ONE’S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO, EVERY CLOUD HASA SILVER LINING, EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY, HAVE NOTHING ON or HAVE ANYTHING ON,LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS, or an important word after this in the sentence.

[have] or [get] or [develop a crush on] {v. phr.} To beinfatuated with someone. •/Walter has a terrible crush on his Englishteacher, but she is a lot older and doesn’t take it seriously./

[have a ball]{v. phr.}, {slang} Enjoy yourself very much; have awonderful time. •/Johnny had a ball at camp./ •/Mary and Tim have a ballexploring the town./ •/After their parents left, the children had aball./ Syn.: HAVE A TIME(2).

[have a bone to pick] See: BONE TO PICK.

[have a care]{v. phr.}, {formal} To be careful what you do.•/Jane, have a care what you’re doing with that valuable glass./ •/Thejudge told him to have a care what he said in court./

[have a field day]{v. phr.} To enjoy great success or unlimitedopportunity. •/The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had afield day scoring one point after another./

[have a finger in the pie] See: FINGER IN THE PIE.

[have a fit] or [have fits] or [throw a fit] {v. phr.} 1. Tohave a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body. •/Our dog had afit yesterday./ 2. {informal} To become angry or upset. •/Father willthrow a fit when he sees the dent in the car./ •/Howard will have a fitwhen he learns that he lost the election./ •/When John decided to drop outof college, his parents had fits./

[have a go at]{v. phr.}, {informal} To try, especially afterothers have tried. •/Bob asked Dick to let him have a go at shooting at thetarget with Dick’s rifle./ •/She had a go at archery, but did not do verywell./

[have a good head on one’s shoulders]{v. phr.} To be smart;intelligent; well educated. •/Rob is not the handsomest guy in the world butthe girls appreciate him because he has a good head on his shoulders./

[have a (good) head for]{v. phr.} To have a special talent in acertain area. •/Joan has quite a good head for business administration./

[have a (good) mind to]{v. phr.} To consider doing; intend to with ahigh degree of probability. •/I have a good mind to tell my boss that hedoesn’t know how to run our enterprise./

[have a hand in]{v. phr.} To have a part in or influence over; to bepartly responsible for. •/Sue’s schoolmates respect her and she has a hand inevery important decision made by the Student Council./ •/Ben had a hand ingetting ready the Senior play./ Compare: FINGER IN THE PIE.

[have a heart]{v. phr.}, {informal} To stop being mean; be kind,generous, or sympathetic. •/Have a heart, Bob, and lend me two dollars./•/Have a heart, Mary, and help me with this lesson./ •/He didn’t know ifthe teacher would have a heart and pass him./

[have a heart-to-heart talk]{v. phr.} To confide in someone with greatintimacy. •/Jill and her mother had a heart-to-heart talk before she decidedto move in with Andrew./

[have all one’s buttons] or [have all one’s marbles] {v. phr.},{slang} To have all your understanding; be reasonable. — Usually used inthe negative or conditionally. •/Mike acts sometimes as if he didn’t have allhis buttons./ •/He would not go to town barefooted if he had all hismarbles./

[have a mind of one’s own]{v. phr.} To be independent in one’sthinking and judgment. •/Tow has always had a mind of his own so there is nouse trying to convince him how to vote./

[have an affair with]{v. phr.} To have a sexual relationship withsomeone, either before marriage or outside of one’s marriage. •/Tow and Janehad a long and complex affair but they never got married./

[have an ear for]{v. phr.} To have a keen perception; have a taste ora talent for; be sensitive to something. •/I have no ear whatsoever forforeign languages or music./

[have an ear to the ground] See: EAR TO THE GROUND.

[have an edge on]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To have an advantageover someone or something else in the course of an evaluative comparison. •/Ican’t beat you at tennis, but I have an edge on you in ping-pong./ 2. To bemildly intoxicated; to have had a few drinks. •/Joe sure had an edge on whenI saw him last night./ Compare: EDGE ON.

[have an eye for]{v. phr.} To be able to judge correctly of; have goodtaste in. •/She has an eye for color and style in clothes./ •/He has aneye for good English usage./

[have an eye on] or [have one’s eye on] {v. phr.}, {informal}1. To look at or think about (something wanted); have a wish for; have as anaim. •/I bought ice cream, but Jimmy had his eye on some candy./ •/Johnhas his eye on a scholarship so he can go to college./ Compare: IN MIND. 2.See: KEEP AN EYE ON(1).

[have an eye out] See: EYE OUT.

[have an eye] to See: EYE TO.

[have an itch for] or [to do] See: BE ITCHING TO.

[have a nodding acquaintance with] See: NODDING ACQUAINTANCE.

[have a price on one’s head] See: PRICE ON ONE’S HEAD.

[have a rough idea about] See: ROUGH IDEA.

[have a say in] or [a voice in] {v. phr.} To have the right toexpress one’s opinion or cast a vote in a pending matter. •/Our boss isfriendly and democratic; he always encourages us to have a say in what we willdo next./

[have a screw loose]{v. phr.}, {slang} To act in a strange way; tobe foolish. •/Now I know he has a screw loose — he stole a police car thistime./ •/He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought himodd./

[have a snowball’s chance in hell]{v. phr.} To be condemned tofailure; enjoy a zero chance of success. •/Pessimists used to think that wehad a snowball’s chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it inJuly, 1969./

[have a soft spot in one’s heart for]{v. phr.} To be sympatheticallyinclined towards; entertain a predilection for. •/Ron always had a soft spotin his heart for intellectual women wearing miniskirts./

[have a sweet tooth]{v. phr.} To be excessively fond of dessert items,such as ice cream, pies, etc. •/Jill has a sweet tooth; she always ordersapple pie after a meal in a restaurant./

[have a time]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To have trouble; have a hardtime. •/Poor Susan had a time trying to get the children to go to bed./•/John had a time passing his math course./ 2. To have a good time; to havefun. — Used with a reflexive pronoun. •/Bob had himself a time going toevery night club in town./ •/Mary had herself a time dancing at theparty./ Syn.: HAVE A BALL.

[have a way with]{v. phr.} To be able to lead, persuade, or influence.•/Dave has such a way with the campers that they do everything he tells themto do./ •/Ted will be a good veterinarian, because he has a way withanimals./