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  • 21have 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 if the teacher would have a heart and pass him./ …

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  • 22have 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 if the teacher would have a heart and pass him./ …

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  • 23have no truck with — (informal) To have nothing to do with • • • Main Entry: ↑truck * * * have/want/no truck with formal phrase to be unwilling to accept someone or something or to be involved with them They have no truck …

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  • 24have an axe to grind — phrase to have an opinion or aim that influences your decisions and that you want other people to accept or consider an angry young man with an axe to grind Thesaurus: to have an opinion or opinionssynonym Main entry: axe * * * ˌhave an ˈaxe to… …

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  • 25have no business doing something — phrase to do something you should not do, because it does not affect or involve you at all You had no business going through my private papers. Thesaurus: to do something wrong, or to be badsynonym Main entry: business * * * have no business… …

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  • 26being raped — being forced to have sex against one s will; being robbed and plundered; being forced or coerced …

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  • 27have the last laugh — 1. To triumph finally after one or more setbacks or defeats 2. To have one s actions, etc finally vindicated after being scorned • • • Main Entry: ↑laugh * * * have the last laugh phrase to finally be more successful than someone who was… …

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  • 28have it in you — to have the ability to do something His last performance was wonderful; I didn t know he had it in him! [=I didn t know he was capable of such a performance] I don t think she has it in her to be cruel. [=I don t think she s capable of being cru …

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  • 29have no business to do something — have no business doing sth | have no business to do sth idiom to have no right to do sth • You have no business being here. Main entry: ↑businessidiom …

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  • 30have in mind someone — have in mind (someone/something) to think about someone or something as being right for a particular situation. What job did the president have in mind for the former senator? The costumes were exactly what he had in mind. She would say only that …

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