Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have someone going

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.43 in modern English

Syllables: have -some-one -go-ing
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See have, go.

verb

To temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.

Colloquial

verb

To cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"She had him going around in circles."
"Grandpa had Johnny going shopping for him."
"You had me going for a minute there when you said Jimmy Wales had been asking for me."
"It had us going for a minute […] Was this a personalised bag from Dior? Did it mean Céline (the brand) and Dior were teaming up for a collaboration that they were debuting on Céline (the person)? We really wanted that last one to be true, however it turns out the image was the work of Instagram parody artist Reilly."
"When he was lying still on the field, he really had me going. I was afraid he was dead."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

has someone going (present, singular) having someone going (participle, present) had someone going (participle, past) had someone going (past)

Phrases

get someone going

Frequently Paired Words

get someone going

Questions

What does have someone going mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See have, go.

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