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third-person singular simple present has at, present participle having at, simple past and past participle had at
(transitive, idiomatic, archaic) To attack; to engage in combat with. quotations
The Prince of Venosa was in their midst, shouting: "Have at the traitor! Kill! Kill!"
1909, Anatole France (Alfred Allinson, translator), The Well of Saint Clare, ch. 10
(transitive, figurative) To take on; to begin dealing with. examples