have up

verb

1. tr, adverb; usually passive to cause to appear for trial

   he was had up for breaking and entering

Example Sentences

If passed, Initiated Measure 29 would allow for each household to have up to 12 marijuana plants with restricted home cultivation permissions in addition to legalizing the possession and distribution of cannabis.

From Salon

Each couple was invited to have up eight human guests come inside the town hall and in to the room to see them get married.

From BBC

Critics say Telegram has become a hotbed of misinformation, child pornography, and terror-related content partly because of a feature that allows groups to have up to 200,000 members.

From BBC

Under board rules, the seven-member school board can have up to three of its members on a particular committee.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2016 China scrapped the one-child policy and in 2021 Beijing formally revised its laws to allow married couples to have up to three children, to boost the birth rate.

From BBC

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