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a) To attack someone with great force.
At dawn we really let em have it with a 30 minute artillery barrage.
b) To verbally assail someone.When I came home, he let me have it for wrecking the car.
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let someone have it — very informal phrase to attack or criticize someone severely Thesaurus: to attack a person or objectsynonym to criticize stronglysynonym Main entry: let * * * informal attack someone physi … Useful english dictionary
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