have it out

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

1. To argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.

   I've been unhappy about her behaviour for some time, and last night we finally had it out.

2. To confront (someone) with a view to settling a conflict.

   I'm not standing for this. I'm going to go and have it out with her right now.

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   For twenty-four hours after my talk with Margaret I was on pins and needles to have it out with him, yet rather than have had it out with him I should have preferred to see the poop rushed by the gang from the other side.

   1914, Jack London, chapter XLV, in The Mutiny of the Elsinore, New York: The Macmillan Company, page 324

   Hey, have you guys heard about Kyle’s mom? Man, that bitch has it out for Palestine, let me tell you. Well, I don’t know, I would just hate to be a Palestinian hospital, that’s all I can say.

   2025 September 24, “Conflict of Interest”, in South Park, season 27, episode 5, spoken by Cartman