have the last word on something

(also have the final word on something)

Definition

› to be the person who makes a decision without asking anyone else: Carol has the last word on whether we go.

(Definition of have the last word on something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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have nothing to do with someone/something idiom
have nothing to lose idiom
have seen better days idiom
have something in common idiom
have the last laugh idiom
have the last word on something idiom
have to auxiliary verb
have to do with something idiom
have v CAUSE
have v CONTAIN
have v DO

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