From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhave somebody up phrasal verb British English informalACCUSEto make someone go to a court of law because you think they have committed a crimebe had up for something Last year he was had up for drunken driving.Grammar Have somebody up is usually passive. → have→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
have up• It would have put Dallas up, 17-0.• Although managers have drawn up a list of personalities who could be invited to open the centre, identities were not revealed.• Both have pushed up against a lower limit which is, I believe, economic in character.• In all likelihood, these principal payments have been building up as a balance in some other account or investment.• Nor have prices gone up as fast as it predicted.• All the historical records have gone up in flames.• Note roughly how much you will have to take up on the longer line.• Spring is peak time for holiday bookings, but they have dropped by up to 30 % in some areas.be had up for something• And he would have stood up for what was right.• Can you explain the cultural foundation that you have set up for this loan?• It claims over 1,000 ISVs have already signed up for the new version.• The Copleys won't have waited up for me.• Those people have stood up for justice, despite the abuse that they received from the public.• Why you think you have to take up for her?• All have been followed up for at least two years.• Perry said the program will be open to growers who have signed up for federal catastrophic crop insurance. 