have one more time

verb

To be on the verge of reaping negative consequences for some sort of bad behavior.

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Meanings

verbhave one more time (third-person singular simple present has one more time, present participle having one more time, simple past and past participle had one more time)

present singular third person has one more time · participle present having one more time · participle past had one more time · past had one more time

  1. idiomaticTo be on the verge of reaping negative consequences for some sort of bad behavior.

    “I do know one thing. She has one more time to bump me,” I remarked sternly.

    2011, Tenisha Jackson, Immaculate Deception, page 118
    2 more examples

    "Cordella has one more time to cross me, Clark," she huffed, one lone finger in the air for emphasis

    2013, Lutishia Lovely, The Eleventh Commandment, page 86

    I will not spend my days trying to babysit a grown-ass woman because she has one more time to call me a bitch, and I promise you I'll never miss her.

    2013, Me'Shell Brown, Lovin' a Thug, page 60
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