have it large

verb

To engage intensely in pleasure-seeking activities.

Meanings

verbhave it large (third-person singular simple present has it large, present participle having it large, simple past and past participle had it large)

present singular third person has it large · participle present having it large · participle past had it large · past had it large

  1. idiomaticslangTo engage intensely in pleasure-seeking activities.

    Unlike Oasis, the point wasn't simply to have it large and live a whacked-out existence as professional rock stars.

    1999, Mick Middles, Manic Street Preachers, page 193
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    […] that cultural theorists could be forgiven for thinking that every young Briton between the ages of 15 and 25 was out having it large.

    1999, Jeremy Gilbert, Ewan Pearson, Discographies: Dance Music, Culture, and the Politics of Sound, page 28

    On the dance floor, people are having it large: hands in the air, whooping and yelling, boogieing in a sweaty drug fueled mass.

    2006, Bill Sanders, Drugs, Clubs And Young People: Sociological and Public Health Perspectives, page xi

    Synonyms: give it large, large it, large it up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo engage intensely in pleasure-seeking activities.

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