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Pucca Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
"I was being had"
What does "I was being had" mean? I got it from the book I'm reading, from the context, I took it as if it meant "I was having".
"I hesitated. It wasn't the money, it was the sudden, unpleasant suspicion that I was being had. That this woman wasn't really a medium, but simply a swizzer preying on innocent tourists."
It's not only the meaning, but the sentence. It looks weird, "was being had"? Is it a "normal" thing to read? English is so confusing sometimes..
"I hesitated. It wasn't the money, it was the sudden, unpleasant suspicion that I was being had. That this woman wasn't really a medium, but simply a swizzer preying on innocent tourists."
It's not only the meaning, but the sentence. It looks weird, "was being had"? Is it a "normal" thing to read? English is so confusing sometimes..
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Hi Pucca, "Being had" often means "Being duped", or "Being tricked"; he or she felt that someone was trying to take advantage of him/her.
- Hi Pucca, "Being had" often means "Being duped", or "Being tricked"; he or she felt that someone was trying to take advantage of him/her.
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Hi Pucca,
"Being had" often means "Being duped", or "Being tricked"; he or she felt that someone was trying to take advantage of him/her.
"Being had" often means "Being duped", or "Being tricked"; he or she felt that someone was trying to take advantage of him/her.
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I looked it up in the dictionary thinking it would be something like this but without success.
Thank you, Yizhivika
Thank you, Yizhivika
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