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What does "have had it" mean?
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Also, have had it up to here. Have endured all one can, as in I've had it with their delays, or She has had it up to here with her hour-long commute.
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Be in a state beyond remedy, repair, or salvage, as in That old coat has had it.
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Be dead, as in His heart just stopped; he'd had it. All three colloquial usages, which appear to be shortenings of have had enough, date from the mid-1900s.
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