have out

verb

To argue to a conclusion or resolution.

“We had out our differences and in the end shook hands.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. To argue to a conclusion or resolution.

    We had out our differences and in the end shook hands.

  2. To remove; extricate.

    "But we are honor bound to go back and have them out or see it through with them."

    1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
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