have over
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To ask someone to come to your house and spend time with you.
Literal meaning: To have someone come 'over' (across, to your location).
Meanings
1 B1 informal
To invite a person or group of people to come to your home for a social visit.
"We should have the new neighbours over for dinner sometime — they seem really nice."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Very common in everyday conversation. The guest is placed between 'have' and 'over' when a pronoun is used ('have them over') or after 'over' when using a noun ('have the neighbours over'). Used across American and British English.
Commonly used with
friends family neighbours colleagues guests dinner
Forms
Base
have over
I/you/we/they
3rd person
has over
he/she/it
Past simple
had over
yesterday
Past participle
had over
have + pp
-ing form
having over
continuous
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