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

Tens of thousands of people now have to live on the coastline, forced to leave their homes during the war.

From BBC

The Department for Education told the BBC a reliance on overseas students has been identified as a risk, and many universities will have to change their business models, adding that the government is committed to managing migration carefully.

From BBC

"But he's said that he's coming in to just decimate the agency. How is that going to go well and how will that play into the morale of the agents who have to work under him?"

From BBC

“So you have to be consistent with everything else, and the games where you make a bunch of shots and you do everything else great, you’re going to win easily.”

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe this is just because I was indoctrinated through three years of law school, and because my career hangs on it, but I have to think that the law matters.

From Slate