English
Etymology
From one perfect aspect of get.
Verb
en-verb|inf=to have got|has got|having got|had
#context|transitive|idiom To have, to own.
#: I have got a house in the country.
#: She has got three children. One boy and two girls.
#context|idiom To have, to need, to be obliged (to do a thing).
#: I have got to do my homework.
Usage notes
Have got with these two meanings is not normally used in the simple past tense (had got); it is not considered correct to say *"Last year we had got a house in the city." Rather, had alone is used as the simple past.
fr:have got
fi:have got
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