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Also, have something on someone . Obtain or possess damaging knowledge about someone. For example, They hoped to get something on the candidate , or Once Tom had something on his boss, he knew he would not be pressured again . [c. 1920] Also see be on to .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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