have in

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

1. transitiveTo allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.

   What the hell does David have me in for? Dinner perhaps?

   2009, Patience Brooks, Her Destiny

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   We managed to pick up a score of these young people from the streets and have them in for lunch.

   1953 March 30, LIFE, page 90

   So then we tried to pinpoint it and improve it. It is the very selfsame thing, sir, we are doing now, but our superintendent is having us in now for meetings, and has in the last few days, to study results and to see where we are failing.

   1955, United States. Congress. House, Hearings

   She agreed to have me in for one show, just to see how I was doing.

   2008, Janis Ian, Society's child

   At other times when not quite well he would have them in for the fun of shaking his will at them.

   2009, Samuel Butler, Works of Samuel Butler

   When you invite a friend into your home you offer him a drink, if it is only a cup of tea, and more formally, when you spend an evening with friends you have them in for coffee or for a meal [...]

   2010, Herbert McCabe, The New Creation