have it verb5 •To possess some desirable quality or ability; to be all that.I was nervous about her performing on stage, but after all these years, she still has it.I was nervous about her performing on stage, but after all these years, she’s still got it. [alloform] •To accept (an excuse, a behavior, etc); to believe.He tried to make excuses but she wouldn't have it / was not having it / was having none of it. •To state or hold as true; to insist.Conventional wisdom has it that heat rises, but in fact heat diffuses: hot air rises.He'll have it that I am maliciously misleading him. •To buy: to purchase.Twenty quid, you say? Yes, we'll have it, thank you.(Well, for only twenty quid, we're having it all day long, aren't we?) •To be the object of ridicule, rebuke, critique, etc. formshad it · having it · has it