Antonyms for have at
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hav; unstressed huhv, uhv; for 26 usually haf |
Phonetic Transcription : hæv; unstressed həv, əv; for 26 usually hæf |
- abandon
- accept
- agree
- allow
- approve
- avoid
- cede
- compliment
- comply
- concede
- concur
- corroborate
- cut
- deny
- desert
- disregard
- divide
- exonerate
- flatter
- forget
- give in
- give up
- go along
- help
- hide
- ignore
- laud
- leave
- let go
- make peace
- overlook
- pass
- praise
- protect
- prove
- question
- retreat
- separate
- shun
- slight
- surrender
- unmix
- uphold
- yield
Definition of have at
Origin :- Old English habban "to own, possess; be subject to, experience," from Proto-Germanic *haben- (cf. Old Norse hafa, Old Saxon hebbjan, Old Frisian habba, German haben, Gothic haban "to have"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Not related to Latin habere, despite similarity in form and sense; the Latin cognate is capere "seize." Old English second person singular present hæfst, third person singular present hæfð became Middle English hast, hath, while Old English -bb- became -v- in have. The past participle had developed from Old English gehæfd.
- Sense of "possess, have at one's disposal" (I have a book) is a shift from older languages, where the thing possessed was made the subject and the possessor took the dative case (e.g. Latin est mihi liber "I have a book," literally "there is to me a book"). Used as an auxiliary in Old English, too (especially to form present perfect tense); the word has taken on more functions over time; Modern English he had better would have been Old English him (dative) wære betere. To have to for "must" (1570s) is from sense of "possess as a duty or thing to be done" (Old English). Phrase have a nice day as a salutation after a commercial transaction attested by 1970, American English. Phrase have (noun), will (verb) is from 1954, originally from comedian Bob Hope, in the form Have tux, will travel; Hope described this as typical of vaudevillians' ads in "Variety," indicating a willingness to perform anywhere, any time.
- As in inveigh : verb blame, denounce
- As in assail : verb attack, usually with words
- As in aggress : verb attack
- As in address : verb devote effort to something
- As in contend : verb compete, fight
- As in contend : verb argue
- As in dispute : verb argue
Synonyms for have at
- abuse
- admonish
- affirm
- agitate
- allege
- altercate
- apply oneself to
- argue
- assail
- assault
- assert
- attend to
- aver
- avow
- bash
- battle
- berate
- beset
- bicker
- blast
- blister
- brawl
- bump heads
- bust
- canvass
- castigate
- censure
- challenge
- charge
- claim
- clash
- come at
- concentrate on
- condemn
- confront
- confute
- contend
- contest
- contradict
- controvert
- cope
- crack down on
- criticize
- cross
- debate
- defend
- deny
- devote oneself to
- dictate
- dig
- direct
- disaffirm
- discept
- discuss
- disprove
- dispute
- doubt
- emulate
- encounter
- engage in
- enjoin
- except
- expostulate
- face
- fight
- fly in face of
- focus on
- gainsay
- gang up on
- give
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go at
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- hammer away
- hassle
- have a go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- impugn
- insist
- invade
- jockey for position
- jostle
- jump down one's throat
- jump on
- jump on one's case
- justify
- kick
- kick around
- knock oneself out
- knuckle down to
- lace into
- lambaste
- lay into
- lay out
- let have it
- light into
- litigate
- lock horns
- lock horns with
- lunge at
- maintain
- make play for
- malign
- maltreat
- meet
- mix
- mix it up
- mix it up with
- molest
- moot
- negate
- object
- oppose
- oppugn
- peg away
- pick a bone
- pitch into
- plug away at
- prescribe
- protest
- push
- push for
- put up argument
- quarrel
- question
- quibble
- rail
- read out
- rebut
- recriminate
- refute
- remonstrate
- report
- reproach
- resist
- revile
- rip
- rip into
- rival
- roast
- say
- scold
- scorch
- scramble for
- set to
- set upon
- shoot at
- shoot for
- skirmish
- sock it to one
- sound off
- squabble
- stand
- stick it to
- storm
- strike
- strive
- struggle
- take care of
- take on
- take up
- tangle with
- tell
- thrash out
- throw oneself into
- tongue-lash
- toss around
- trash
- try
- tug
- turn
- turn to
- undertake
- upbraid
- urge
- vie
- vilify
- vindicate
- vituperate
- warrant
- withstand
- work over
- wrangle
- zap
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