have sth out

— phrasal verb with have

strong /hæv/ weak /həv/ /əv/ verb (had)

Definition

› to have something removed from your body: You'll have to have that tooth out. He had his appendix out last week.Surgery

(Definition of have sth out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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