have someone over

have someone over
invite someone as a guest, receive a visitor

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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  • have someone by the short and curlies — (vulgar slang) To have someone over a barrel, at one s mercy, in a position difficult to wriggle out of • • • Main Entry: ↑short …   Useful english dictionary

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  • have someone in one's power — have someone under one s power I doubt that Roger will ever have Etta under his power Syn: have control over, have influence over, have under one s thumb, have at one s mercy, have in one s clutches, have in the palm of one s hand, have someone… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • have someone in the palm of your hand — phrase to have complete power over someone so that they do what you tell them to do He had the audience in the palm of his hand. Thesaurus: to be in chargesynonym Main entry: palm * * * have someone in the palm of your hand see ↑palm …   Useful english dictionary

  • have someone's name written all over it — have (someone s) name written all over it informal if a job has someone s name written all over it, they have all the qualifications that are needed for that job. You ve got to apply for this job. It s got your name written all over it …   New idioms dictionary

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