have out

English

Verb

have out (third-person singular simple present has out, present participle having out, simple past and past participle had out)

1. To argue to a conclusion or resolution.

   We had out our differences and in the end shook hands.

2. To remove; extricate.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "But we are honor bound to go back and have them out or see it through with them."

See also

• have it out