have on

verb

had on; having on; has on

transitive verb

1

: wear

has on a new suit

2

chiefly British : to trick or deceive intentionally : put on sense 5

3

: to have plans for

what do you have on for tomorrow

Synonyms

• bamboozle
• beguile
• bluff
• buffalo
• burn
• catch
• con
• cozen
• deceive
• delude
• dupe
• fake out
• fool
• gaff
• gammon
• gull
• have
• hoax
• hoodwink
• hornswoggle
• humbug
• juggle
• misguide
• misinform
• mislead
• snooker
• snow
• spoof
• string along
• suck in
• sucker
• take in
• trick

Examples of have on in a Sentence

you're having me on, aren't you, mate?

Recent Examples on the Web

Legislation regulating the environmental impacts of AI while protecting regional communities must be enacted to minimize the impacts this technology will have on climate change, communities worldwide and, soon, us. —Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024

To look at how much of an effect exercise might have on blood pressure, Hamer and his colleagues combined data from six earlier studies that required participants to wear movement trackers on their thighs 24-hours a day. —Linda Carroll, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024

Taplin emphasized the personal toll that such high-risk work can have on the rangers, both physically and mentally. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

One especially common item to have on hand, as Charles Bethea reports, in this week’s issue, is guns. —Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1