From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhave something out phrasal verb1 CUREto have a tooth etc removed by a medical operation2 have it out (with somebody) informalAGREE to settle a disagreement or difficult situation by talking to the person involved, especially when you are angry with them I’m going round to his house to have it out with him. → have→ See Verb table
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have out• Underground, hidden rivers have carved out an amazing system of caverns, like those of the famous Wookey Hole Caves.• But it could equally well have started out in a very lumpy and disordered state.• Down Lord Street, they'd have big hose-pipes out - not just one or two men but big gangs of men.• A few thousand acres have already gone out of production-you can see the salt on the ground like a dusting of snow.• They would have gone out of their way to say it, to shout it.• I am glad that I have written out the long list of what I have endured in the last several months.• Adult wasps must have escaped out the trapdoor at the top of the cocoon where the strap attaches.• Their grandmother, she said, would have washed out their mouths that instant with carbolic soap.have it out (with somebody)• She would give Susan a little time to simmer down and then she'd go up and have it out with her.• Fretting, he thought of hurrying round to have it out with him, whatever it was.• And then, suddenly, she sees Dieter going off on his own, and decides to have it out with him.• In a flash she was off her bed and on her way to have it out with the one man responsible. 