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have got

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From the present perfect of get.

verb has got · having got · had got

  1. UK, especially, idiomatic, transitive To have. I'd got her by the collar.
  2. idiomatic, modal, with infinitive To be obliged or obligated; must, have to, got to I have got to do my homework.

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@misc{have_got_2026,
  title = {have got},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/have%20got},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}