Have had it up to here
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Verb
- (idiomatic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) to have become very frustrated or angry; to have reached the limit of one's patience or forbearance
- I have had it up to here with this problem.
- After fighting it all day, he has had it up to here.
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Usage notes
- takes with if an object is given
- when spoken, often accompanied by a hand gesture with a hand held high but parallel to the ground, as though indicating a high level
- rarely used in other tenses, e.g. have-, has- or having it up to here
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