Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have something over someone

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English

Syllables: have -some-thing over -some-one
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To know something scandalous or demeaning about someone; to know of dirt on someone.

Transitive verb

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

has something over someone (present, singular) having something over someone (participle, present) had something over someone (participle, past) had something over someone (past)

Questions

What does have something over someone mean?: To know something scandalous or demeaning about someone; to know of dirt on someone.

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