have to

Idioms and Phrases

Also, have got to . Be obliged to, must. For example, We have to go now , or He has got to finish the paper today . The use of have as an auxiliary verb to indicate obligation goes back to the 16th century; the variant using got dates from the mid-1800s.

Example Sentences

You git that Owens if you have-to haze him to hell and back!

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"Yes," father would answer, in a sort of "is-that-all-you-have-to-say" tone.

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"We-will-have-to-go-there-any-how," remarked Tik-Tok in his jerky machine voice.

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