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Verb: have words
  1. Censure severely or angrily
    - call on the carpet [US, informal], take to task, rebuke, rag [informal], trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw [informal], dress down [informal], call down [informal], scold, chide, berate, bawl out [informal], remonstrate, chew out [N. Amer, informal], chew up [N. Amer, informal], lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer, informal], wig [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: having words, had words, has words

Type of: criticise [Brit], criticize, damn [informal], knock [informal], pick apart

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have it coming
have it large
have it off
have kittens
have no truck with
have on
have sex
have the best
have the distinction
have to do with
have words
have young
have-a-go
Havel
havelock
haven
have-not
haven't
haver
Haverhill fever
haversack