have someone going

present singular third person has someone going · participle present having someone going · participle past had someone going · past had someone going

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See have, go.

   She had him going around in circles.

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   Grandpa had Johnny going shopping for him.

2. colloquialTo temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.

   You had me going for a minute there when you said Jimmy Wales had been asking for me.

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   It had us going for a minute […] Was this a personalised bag from Dior? Did it mean Céline (the brand) and Dior were teaming up for a collaboration that they were debuting on Céline (the person)? We really wanted that last one to be true, however it turns out the image was the work of Instagram parody artist Reilly.

   2017 August 7, Maddison Glendinning, “The Real Story Behind Céline Dion’s Personalised Dior Bag”, in harpersbazaararabia.com

3. colloquialTo cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.

   When he was lying still on the field, he really had me going. I was afraid he was dead.