Meaning of have someone going | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See have, go.
2. To temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.
   colloquial
3. To cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“She had him going around in circles.”

“Grandpa had Johnny going shopping for him.”

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

“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.”

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

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