have

verb [T] (DO)

/hæv/ (present tense has /hæz, həz, əz/, past tense and past participle had /hæd, həd, əd/)

Definition

› to do an action: He didn’t have a birthday party this year. The baby is having her nap. › Have can also mean eat or drink: We’re going to have lunch. › To have a baby is to give birth: Glennis had a girl.

(Definition of have verb (DO) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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