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Ivanhr Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

We've been had

It seems that the meaning of "had" in this phrase is "we've been used" or something similar but I can't seem to find it in any dictionary.

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[<:o)] You didn't give a complete sentence but in very many cases we've been had means "we've been deceived". CB

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  • [<:o)] You didn't give a complete sentence but in very many cases we've been had means "we've been deceived".
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Happy New Year to you as well, Ivanhr![<:o)] You didn't give a complete sentence but in very many cases we've been had means "we've been deceived".

CB
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Thanks CB. That makes sense to me.
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That's interesting CB. I didn't knew that. Could you please make an example ?Emotion: smile

Alex
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Alex-93Could you please make an example ?
This [url=http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/had]dictionary [/url] explains it. I'll quote an example: If you have been had, someone has tricked you, for example by selling you something at too high
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Thanks CB. It's a nice idiom.
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