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

Then there’s the question of what the crushing water pressure at that depth would have on any bodies that remained on the wreck of the Titanic. —Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025

Warren Buffett began 2025 with the most cash he’s ever had on hand. —Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025

And multiple outlets have reported that the HUD’s workforce could be drastically slashed within the Federal Housing Administration and elsewhere, raising questions about the potential impacts such cuts could have on homebuyers. —Julia Mueller, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025

One additional aspect of these changes is the impact and acceleration that more real-time data will have on a particularly tricky crypto accounting area; crypto-audits. —Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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

Rhymes for have on

• aileron
• antiphon
• autobahn
• carillon
• castellan
• celadon
• cephalon
• chitosan
• cynodon
• denouement
• deuteron
• echelon