to have it away
- phrasal verb
- NSFW
- He was caught having it away with a coworker after hours.
Examples
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Did you hear that Sarah had it away with Tom?
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It's none of your business who I have it away with.
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Rumor has it that she used to have it away with her neighbor.
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They have it away quite often.
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He was caught having it away with a coworker after hours.
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It's none of your business who I have it away with.
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Rumor has it that she used to have it away with her neighbor.
Synonyms
To have sex with someone
To touch each other's private parts for physical pleasure
To have sex with someone
To have sex with another person
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
Have sex with someone you love or care about
To have sex with someone, said as a rude word
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone, usually in a short, casual way
Have sex with another person, often when not married
To have sex with someone, used as a rude word
To have sex with someone
Have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have physical contact with someone for pleasure, usually in a casual way
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone, used in informal British English
To have sex with someone
To have sex with someone
To have sex briefly in a casual way
Antonyms
How Intimate
Surface Forms
Morphology
have + it + away
The phrase combines 'have' (possess) with 'away' (movement/removal), so a learner might infer a sense of taking or removal, giving some cue to its meaning. However, the specific sense 'to steal' with a surreptitious/dishonest nuance and its regional/informal usage in British English are not fully predictable from the parts, so a B1 learner who knows the words would likely not reliably infer the exact idiomatic meaning without exposure.
Etymology
Have it away may come from the idea of taking someone away for private time so you can have them out of sight. One popular story says this hidden image of being taken away explains why it means 'to have sex'.