really let someone have it
1let someone have it — very informal phrase to attack or criticize someone severely Thesaurus: to attack a person or objectsynonym to criticize stronglysynonym Main entry: let * * * informal attack someone physi …
2let someone have it — let (someone) have it to attack someone physically or with words. When Joe got home late, Ann really let him have it …
3let someone have it — verb a) To attack someone with great force. At dawn we really let em have it with a 30 minute artillery barrage. b) To verbally assail someone. When I came home, he let me have it for wrecking the car …
4let smb have it — hit someone hard He really let the other man have it when they got into a fight on the bus …
5let have it — let (someone) have it informal : to attack, punish, or criticize (someone) in a violent or angry way When she found out what they d been doing, she really let them have it. • • • Main Entry: ↑let …
6let have it — let (someone) have it to attack someone physically or with words. When Joe got home late, Ann really let him have it …
7let — 1 /let/ verb past tense and past participle letpresent participle letting 1 ALLOW (transitive not in passive) a) to allow someone to do something: I wanted to go out but my Dad wouldn t let me. | let sb do sth: She won t let her children play by… …
8let — let1 [ let ] (past tense and past participle let) verb *** ▸ 1 allow ▸ 2 for showing anger etc. ▸ 3 for giving order ▸ 4 rent room/house/etc. ▸ 5 in mathematics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to allow something to happen: let someone/something do… …
9let*/*/*/ — [let] (past tense and past participle let) verb 1) [T] to allow something to happen, or to allow someone to do something Alice s mum won t let her come with us.[/ex] I stepped back and let him pass.[/ex] The large windows let in a lot of… …
10have — [ weak əv, həv, strong hæv ] (3rd person singular has [ weak əz, həz, strong hæz ] ; past tense and past participle had [ weak əd, həd, strong hæd ] ) verb *** Have can be used in the following ways: as an auxiliary verb in perfect tenses of… …
