let someone have it
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let someone have it
verb lets someone have it · letting someone have it · let someone have it
- To attack someone with great force. At dawn we really let 'em have it with a 30 minute artillery barrage.
- To verbally assail someone. When I came home, he let me have it for wrecking the car.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, have, it. When he showed me that he'd gotten the insurance certificate for our old car, I decided to let him have it.
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title = {let someone have it},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/let%20someone%20have%20it},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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