1888. Daily News, 8 Dec. There was a question as to who struck the first blow, but it seemed to him certain that a man who crossed the road to have it out with another was the most likely to have commenced hostilities.
To have on, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To secure a person’s interest, attention, sympathy: generally with a view to deceiving him (or her).
To have towards (or with, or at), verb. phr. (old).—1. To pledge in drinking; to toast. See Here.
1637. Cartwright, Royal Slave. Here’s to thee, Leocrates. Leoc. Have towards thee, Philotas. Phil. To thee, Archippus. Arch. Here, Molops. Mol. Have at you, fidlers.
1836. M. Scott, Tom Cringle’s Log, ch. ii. ‘Have with you, boy—have with you,’ shouted half-a-dozen other voices, while each stuck his oaken twig through the handkerchief that held his bundle, and shouldered it, clapping his straw or tarpaulin hat, with a slap on the crown, on one side of his head, and staggering and swaying about under the influence of the poteen.
2. (common).—To agree with.
To have on toast, verb. phr. (common).—1. To take in.
2. (common).—To worst in argument.
To have on the raws, verb. phr. (common).—To teaze; to touch to the quick.
To let one have it, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To punish severely.