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

Or the 7-yard touchdown reception Goff had on a pass from Amon-Ra St. Brown against the Seattle Seahawks in September? —Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025

Given the impact the influence that the IRS has on business at large, and especially the willingness to crypto investors to use crypto as a medium of exchange, investors and policy advocates might be disappointed with the pace of change from a regulatory perspective. —Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025

How many planes do United, American, and Japan airlines currently have on order? —Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 19 Jan. 2025

Perhaps in deference to the influence that accomplished Japanese players can have on their younger counterparts, Sasaki’s camp specifically instructed teams not to bring current players to the presentations in Westwood. —Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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