- have someone in stitches
- have (someone) in stitches
informal
to make someone laugh a lot.
She told a couple of jokes that had us all in stitches.
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have someone in stitches
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have in stitches — have (someone) in stitches informal to make someone laugh a lot. She told a couple of jokes that had us all in stitches … New idioms dictionary
in stitches — adverb : in a state of uncontrollable laughter keep cocktail parties in stitches with slapstick impersonations Time * * * in stitches In pained helplessness with laughter • • • Main Entry: ↑stitch * * * in stitche … Useful english dictionary
in stitches — informal laughing a lot have someone in stitches: Dawson s brand of humour had his audiences in stitches … English dictionary
stitch — stitch1 [ stıtʃ ] noun ** 1. ) count a short piece of THREAD that you can see on cloth when it has been sewn: I put a couple of stitches in just to hold the ends together. a ) count a piece of wool that has been put around a needle when you are… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stitch — (n.) O.E. stice a prick, puncture, from P.Gmc. *stikiz, from the root of STICK (Cf. stick) (v.). The sense of sudden, stabbing pain in the side was in late O.E. The verb is first recorded early 13c., to stab, pierce, also to fasten or adorn with… … Etymology dictionary
stitch — 1 noun 1 SEWING (C) one of the short pieces of thread that you can see in a piece of cloth where it has been sewn: Some of the stitches have come out of this shirt sleeve. 2 WITH WOOL (C) one of the small circles that join together to make a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
run — [c]/rʌn / (say run) verb (ran, run, running) –verb (i) 1. to move quickly on foot, so as to go more rapidly than in walking (in bipedal locomotion, so that for an instant in each step neither foot is on the ground). 2. to do this for exercise, as …
List of characters in Transformers (film series) — The following is a list of characters featured in the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Contents 1 Humans 1.1 Sam Witwicky 1.2 Mikaela Banes 1.3 … Wikipedia
stitch — stitch1 [stıtʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(sewing)¦ 2¦(for wound)¦ 3¦(pain)¦ 4¦(with wool)¦ 5¦(style)¦ 6 not have a stitch on 7 in stitches 8 a stitch in time (saves nine) ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: stice prick ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
cast — cast1 W3 [ka:st US kæst] v past tense and past participle cast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 cast light on/onto something 2 cast doubt(s) on something 3¦(light and shade)¦ 4 cast a shadow/cloud over something 5¦(look)¦ 6 cast an eye on/over something 7 cast a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
