Meaning of have in | Babel Free

Definitions

To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.

transitive

Examples

“We managed to pick up a score of these young people from the streets and have them in for lunch.”

“So then we tried to pinpoint it and improve it. It is the very selfsame thing, sir, we are doing now, but our superintendent is having us in now for meetings, and has in the last few days, to study results and to see where we are failing.”

“She agreed to have me in for one show, just to see how I was doing.”

“At other times when not quite well he would have them in for the fun of shaking his will at them.”

“What the hell does David have me in for? Dinner perhaps?”

“When you invite a friend into your home you offer him a drink, if it is only a cup of tea, and more formally, when you spend an evening with friends you have them in for coffee or for a meal [...]”

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