have got
idiom
: have
—used in present tense situations usually in informal writing and in ordinary speech.
I sent the package to him yesterday. I hope he has got it.
It's getting late. We've got to go.
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Keeping such clever adapters of the canon alive with new adaptations is a lively idea, but the results have got to hold up.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The best and brightest have got to come from American citizens.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx have got each other's backs.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
For some reason those lessons seem not to have got through to Herod the Great.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
The best and brightest have got to come from American citizens.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 19 Jan. 2025
Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx have got each other's backs.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
For some reason those lessons seem not to have got through to Herod the Great.
—N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Have got.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20got. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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