Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have a bar of it

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables
have a bar of it
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tolerate it to the slightest degree; to stand for it.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

has a bar of it (present, singular) having a bar of it (participle, present) had a bar of it (participle, past) had a bar of it (past)

Questions

What does have a bar of it mean?
To tolerate it to the slightest degree; to stand for it.

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