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[hash up] {v.} , {slang} 1. To make a mess of; do badly. •/ Bob really hashed up that exam and failed the course. / 2. To bring to life; remember and talk about. •/ The teacher advised Sue not to hash up old bitterness against her schoolmates. /

[haste]See: MAKE HASTE.

[hat]See: AT THE DROP OF A HAT, BRASS HAT, HANG ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD ON TO YOUR HAT or HOLD YOUR HAT, HIGH-HAT, KEEP UNDER ONE’S HAT, OLD HAT, PULL OUT OF A HAT, TAKE OFF ONE’S HAT TO, TALK THROUGH ONE’S HAT, TEN-GALLON HAT, THROW ONE’S HAT IN THE RING.

[hat in hand] {adv. phr.} , {informal} In a humble and respectful manner. •/ They went hat in hand to the old woman to ask for her secret recipe. /

[hatch]See: COUNT ONE’S CHICKENS BEFORE THEY ARE HATCHED.

[hatchet]See: BURY THE HATCHET.

[hatchet face] {n.} A long narrow face with sharp parts; also, a person with such a face. •/ Johnny was sent to the principal’s office because he called his teacher old hatchet face. / •/ He was hatchet-faced and not at all handsome. /

[hatchet job] {n. phr.} , {slang} 1. The act of saying or writing terrible things about someone or something, usually on behalf of one’s boss or organization. •/ When Phil makes speeches against the competition exaggerating their weaknesses, he is doing the hatchet job on behalf of our president. / 2. A ruthless, wholesale job of editing a script whereby entire paragraphs or pages are omitted. •/ Don, my editor, did a hatchet job on my new novel. /

[hatchet man] {n.} , {colloquial} 1. A politician or newspaper columnist whose job is to write and say unfavorable things about the opposition. •/ Bill Lerner is the hatchet man for the Mayor’s Party; he smears all the other candidates regularly. / 2. An executive officer in a firm whose job it is to fire superfluous personnel, cut back on the budget, etc., in short, to do the necessary but unpleasant things. •/ The firm hired Cranhart to be hatchet man; his title is that of Executive Vice President. /

[hate one’s guts] {v. phr.} , {slang} To feel a very strong dislike for someone. •/ Dick said that he hated Fred’s guts because Fred had been very mean to him. /

[hats off to]or [one’s hat is off to] {truncated phr.} , {informal} Used to recognize and praise a job well-done. •/ Hats off to anyone who runs the twenty-six mile race. / •/ My hat is off to the chef who created this delicious meal. / Compare: TAKE OFF ONE’S HAT TO.

[hatter]See: MAD AS A HATTER.

[haul]See: LONG HAUL.

[haul down] {v.} , {informal} 1. To catch (as a ball) usually after a long run. •/ Willie hauled down a long fly to center field for the third out. / •/ The star halfback hauled down the pass for a touchdown. / 2. To tackle in football. •/ Ted was hauled down from behind when he tried to run with the ball. /

[haul down one’s colors]or [strike one’s colors] {v. phr.} 1. To pull down a flag, showing you are beaten and want to stop fighting. •/ After a long battle, the pirate captain hauled down his colors. / 2. To admit you are beaten; say you want to quit. •/ After losing two sets of tennis, Tom hauled down his color. /

[haul in]or [haul up]or [pull in] {v.} , {slang} To bring before someone in charge for punishment or questioning; arrest. •/ John was hauled in to court for speeding. / •/ The tramp was hauled up for sleeping on the sidewalk. / Compare: CALL ON THE CARPET.

[haul in one’s horns]See: PULL IN ONE’S HORNS.

[haul off] {v.} To move suddenly. — Used with "and" usually before a verb like "hit" or "kick". •/ Ed hauled off and hit the other boy in the nose. / •/ Lee hauled off and threw a touchdown pass. /

[haul over the coals]or [rake over the coals] {v. phr.} To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. •/ The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call. / Syn.: DRESS DOWN.

[have]See: CAT HAS NINE LIVES, ONE’S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO, EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING, EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY, HAVE NOTHING ON or HAVE ANYTHING ON, LITTLE PITCHERS HAVE BIG EARS, or an important word after this in the sentence.

[have]or [get]or [develop a crush on] {v. phr.} To be infatuated with someone. •/ Walter has a terrible crush on his English teacher, but she is a lot older and doesn’t take it seriously. /

[have a ball] {v. phr.} , {slang} Enjoy yourself very much; have a wonderful time. •/ Johnny had a ball at camp. / •/ Mary and Tim have a ball exploring the town. / •/ After their parents left, the children had a ball. / Syn.: HAVE A TIME(2).

[have a bone to pick]See: BONE TO PICK.

[have a care] {v. phr.} , {formal} To be careful what you do. •/ Jane, have a care what you’re doing with that valuable glass. / •/ The judge told him to have a care what he said in court. /

[have a field day] {v. phr.} To enjoy great success or unlimited opportunity. •/ The visiting basketball team was so weak that our school had a field day scoring one point after another. /

[have a finger in the pie]See: FINGER IN THE PIE.

[have a fit]or [have fits]or [throw a fit] {v. phr.} 1. To have a sudden illness with stiffness or jerking of the body. •/ Our dog had a fit yesterday. / 2. {informal} To become angry or upset. •/ Father will throw a fit when he sees the dent in the car. / •/ Howard will have a fit when he learns that he lost the election. / •/ When John decided to drop out of college, his parents had fits. /

[have a go at] {v. phr.} , {informal} To try, especially after others have tried. •/ Bob asked Dick to let him have a go at shooting at the target with Dick’s rifle. / •/ She had a go at archery, but did not do very well. /

[have a good head on one’s shoulders] {v. phr.} To be smart; intelligent; well educated. •/ Rob is not the handsomest guy in the world but the girls appreciate him because he has a good head on his shoulders. /

[have a (good) head for] {v. phr.} To have a special talent in a certain area. •/ Joan has quite a good head for business administration. /

[have a (good) mind to] {v. phr.} To consider doing; intend to with a high degree of probability. •/ I have a good mind to tell my boss that he doesn’t know how to run our enterprise. /

[have a hand in] {v. phr.} To have a part in or influence over; to be partly responsible for. •/ Sue’s schoolmates respect her and she has a hand in every important decision made by the Student Council. / •/ Ben had a hand in getting ready the Senior play. / Compare: FINGER IN THE PIE.

[have a heart] {v. phr.} , {informal} To stop being mean; be kind, generous, or sympathetic. •/ Have a heart, Bob, and lend me two dollars. / •/ Have a heart, Mary, and help me with this lesson. / •/ He didn’t know if the teacher would have a heart and pass him. /

[have a heart-to-heart talk] {v. phr.} To confide in someone with great intimacy. •/ Jill and her mother had a heart-to-heart talk before she decided to move in with Andrew. /

[have all one’s buttons]or [have all one’s marbles] {v. phr.} , {slang} To have all your understanding; be reasonable. — Usually used in the negative or conditionally. •/ Mike acts sometimes as if he didn’t have all his buttons. / •/ He would not go to town barefooted if he had all his marbles. /

[have a mind of one’s own] {v. phr.} To be independent in one’s thinking and judgment. •/ Tow has always had a mind of his own so there is no use trying to convince him how to vote. /

[have an affair with] {v. phr.} To have a sexual relationship with someone, either before marriage or outside of one’s marriage. •/ Tow and Jane had a long and complex affair but they never got married. /

[have an ear for] {v. phr.} To have a keen perception; have a taste or a talent for; be sensitive to something. •/ I have no ear whatsoever for foreign languages or music. /

[have an ear to the ground]See: EAR TO THE GROUND.

[have an edge on] {v. phr.} , {informal} 1. To have an advantage over someone or something else in the course of an evaluative comparison. •/ I can’t beat you at tennis, but I have an edge on you in ping-pong. / 2. To be mildly intoxicated; to have had a few drinks. •/ Joe sure had an edge on when I saw him last night. / Compare: EDGE ON.

[have an eye for] {v. phr.} To be able to judge correctly of; have good taste in. •/ She has an eye for color and style in clothes. / •/ He has an eye for good English usage. /

[have an eye on]or [have one’s eye on] {v. phr.} , {informal} 1. To look at or think about (something wanted); have a wish for; have as an aim. •/ I bought ice cream, but Jimmy had his eye on some candy. / •/ John has his eye on a scholarship so he can go to college. / Compare: IN MIND. 2. See: KEEP AN EYE ON(1).

[have an eye out]See: EYE OUT.

[have an eye]to See: EYE TO.

[have an itch for]or [to do]See: BE ITCHING TO.

[have a nodding acquaintance with]See: NODDING ACQUAINTANCE.

[have a price on one’s head]See: PRICE ON ONE’S HEAD.

[have a rough idea about]See: ROUGH IDEA.

[have a say in]or [a voice in] {v. phr.} To have the right to express one’s opinion or cast a vote in a pending matter. •/ Our boss is friendly and democratic; he always encourages us to have a say in what we will do next. /

[have a screw loose] {v. phr.} , {slang} To act in a strange way; to be foolish. •/ Now I know he has a screw loose — he stole a police car this time. / •/ He was a smart man but had a screw loose and people thought him odd. /

[have a snowball’s chance in hell] {v. phr.} To be condemned to failure; enjoy a zero chance of success. •/ Pessimists used to think that we had a snowball’s chance in hell to put a man on the moon; yet we did it in July, 1969. /