have (got) (someone's) number
- have (got) (someone's) number
- have (got) (someone's) number
to understand the way someone behaves.
They've got our number – they play harder against us than anybody else.
She seems to know exactly what people our age want – she definitely has our number.
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have (got) someone's number — have (got) someone’s number informal phrase to understand someone or realize the true purpose of their actions I’ve got your number – don’t think you can fool me. Thesaurus: to understand someone s character or thinkingsynonym Main entry: number … Useful english dictionary
have someone's number — have (someone s) number informal to know that someone is trying to do something bad and therefore be able to deal with them. I m not worried about Taylor. I ve got his number and I know what to expect … New idioms dictionary
have someone's number — informal understand a person s real motives or character and thereby gain some advantage * * * have someone s number informal : to be able to deal with or defeat someone easily especially because you know or understand that person so well She… … Useful english dictionary
number — num|ber1 [ nʌmbər ] noun *** ▸ 1 sign/word for amount ▸ 2 for showing position ▸ 3 telephone number ▸ 4 for marking something ▸ 5 a quantity ▸ 6 piece of music ▸ 7 someone/something attractive etc. ▸ 8 in linguistics ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a sign … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
number — I UK [ˈnʌmbə(r)] / US [ˈnʌmbər] noun Word forms number : singular number plural numbers *** 1) [countable] a sign or word that represents an amount or quantity. 1, 2, 3 etc and one , two , three etc are numbers Can you read the numbers on the… … English dictionary
have number — have (someone s) number informal to know that someone is trying to do something bad and therefore be able to deal with them. I m not worried about Taylor. I ve got his number and I know what to expect … New idioms dictionary
have — have1 W1S1 [v, əv, həv strong hæv] auxiliary v past tense and past participle had [d, əd, həd strong hæd] third person singular has [z, əz, həz strong hæz] [: Old English; Origin: habban] 1.) used with past participles to form ↑perfect tenses ▪… … Dictionary of contemporary English
have — 1 strong, auxiliary verb past tense had, strong, third person singularpresent tense has; strong, negative short forms: haven t, hadn t, hasn t 1 used with the past participle of another verb to make the perfect tense of that verb: We have… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
number — numberable, adj. numberer, n. /num beuhr/, n. 1. a numeral or group of numerals. 2. the sum, total, count, or aggregate of a collection of units, or the like: A number of people were hurt in the accident. The number of homeless children in the… … Universalium
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