- have a word with someone
- have a word (with (someone))
to speak with someone privately to tell them something.
I don't think she's interested but I'll have a word with her.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
have a word with someone
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have a word with — have a word (with (someone)) to speak with someone privately to tell them something. I don t think she s interested but I ll have a word with her … New idioms dictionary
have a scene (with someone) — vb to have a sexual relationship, have an affair (with someone). This phrase, now sounding rather dated but as yet lacking a more fashionable alternative, was the standard term throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s for an unmarried rela… … Contemporary slang
have a quiet word with someone — spoken phrase to speak to someone in an informal way about a problem Maybe I should have a quiet word with Tom’s teacher? Thesaurus: general words meaning to say somethingsynonym Main entry: quiet … Useful english dictionary
have a quiet word with someone — spoken to speak to someone in an informal way about a problem Maybe I should have a quiet word with Tom s teacher? … English dictionary
have a word — (with (someone)) to speak with someone privately to tell them something. I don t think she s interested but I ll have a word with her … New idioms dictionary
have words (with someone) — have/exchange/words (with someone) phrase to have an argument with someone Tom and I have already had words about that today. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
have a word — speak briefly to someone I ll just have a word with him … Useful english dictionary
exchange words (with someone) — have/exchange/words (with someone) phrase to have an argument with someone Tom and I have already had words about that today. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
have a word — verb To speak to someone in private, often with a negative implication. : I think we should have a word … Wiktionary
a word in someone's ear — A private word with someone • • • Main Entry: ↑ear a word in someone s ear A confidential conversation • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * a word in someone s ear see ↑word, 1 • • • … Useful english dictionary
