have someone's number
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.30 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To understand a person's character, capabilities, or situation.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, someone's, number.
Example Sentences
- ""Whenever a person says to you that they are as innocent as can be in all concerning money, look well after your own money, for they are dead certain to collar it, if they can. Whenever a person proclaims to you ‘In worldly matters I’m a child,’ you consider that that person is only a crying off from being held accountable, and that you have got that person’s number, and it’s Number One.""
- ""Say! He's the hardest guy I ever saw," Stoner declared, admiringly. Mallow spoke last, but he spoke with conviction. "You said it, Brick. I had his number from the start. He's a master crook, and—it'll pay us all to string with him.""
- "Morelli has her number: "Lots of energy, not much control, sexy as hell.""
- "Llodra, a doubles specialist who is ranked 38 in singles, was charging to the net at every opportunity and played some brilliant shots but Murray seemed to have his number at that stage."
Inflected Forms
Phrases
figure out
have someone figured out
Frequently Paired Words
figure out
have someone figured out