have got

present singular third person has got · participle present having got · participle past had got · past had got

1. UKespeciallyidiomatictransitiveTo have.

   I'd got her by the collar.

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   Jim's got his eyes closed, so you don't have to worry about him seeing you undressed.

   José's got a car, hasn't he? Neither you nor I have.

   Sorry, I haven't got beer. We don’t keep any alcohol in the house.

   I’ve got a terrible headache. – Have you, dear? Take this tablet and you won't anymore.

   “Well, your mother has got three windows into my dancing room, and you have three into my garret.”

   1868, George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind

2. idiomaticmodalwith infinitiveTo be obliged or obligated; must, have to, got to

   I have got to do my homework.