Complete Definition of "have got"

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

Revision and Credits for"have got"
  • 2007-11-09 04:24 - Ruakh - rv: I don't believe that's correct, as the ambiguity wouldn't always happen in the past, and can also happen in the present. Not everything has an explanation, you know.

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