A collocation is a pair or group of two or more words that are commonly used together in English.
Here is the list of common collocations with Verb HAVE that you should learn.
Learn collocations with the verb HAVE
| Have a bab | Have a backache |
| Have a bad fall | Have a bad temper |
| Have a bath | Have a birthday |
| Have a bite | Have a break |
| Have a business trip | Have a busy day |
| Have a career/a goal | Have a chance |
| Have a chat | Have a cold |
| Have a competition | Have a confrontation |
| Have a conversation/chat | Have a cup of tea/coffee |
| Have a dance | Have a day off |
| Have a discussion | Have a dispute |
| Have a doubt | Have a dream |
| Have a drill | Have a drink |
| Have a feeling | Have a fight |
| Have a fit | Have a game |
| Have a glass of wine | Have a go |
| Have a goal | Have a good time |
| Have a nice day! | Have a great weekend |
| Have a haircut | Have a hard time |
| Have a headache | Have a holiday |
| Have a jacuzzi | Have a jog |
| Have a laugh | Have a lecture |
| Have a lesson | Have a lie down |
| Have a limp | Have a lisp |
| Have a listen | Have a look |
| Have a massage | Have a meal |
| Have a meeting | Have a moment |
| Have a nap | Have a night mare |
| Have a party | Have a passion for |
| Have a plan | Have a problem |
| Have a quarrel | Have a relationship |
| Have a rest | Have a ride |
| Have a right | Have a run |
| Have a safe journey | Have a salad |
| Have a sandwich | Have a scrub |
| Have a shave | Have a shower |
| Have a smell | Have a snack |
| Have a snooze | Have a stretch |
| Have a stroke | Have a swim |
| Have a talk | Have a taste |
| Have a temperature | Have a think |
| Have a touch | Have a try |
| Have a walk | Have a wash |
| Have a wish | Have a word |
| Have a workout | Have access (to) |
| Have an accident | Have an appointment with |
| Have an argument | Have an effect (on) |
| Have an energy bar | Have an event |
| Have an exam | Have an excuse |
| Have an experience | Have an ice-cream |
| Have an idea | Have an interview |
| Have an opportunity | Have breakfast |
| Have difficulty | Have faith |
| Have food | Have fun/a good time |
| Have no education | Have no fear |
| Have patience | Have a rest |
| Have room | Have self-esteem |
| Have sex | Have skills |
| Have some sugar | Have something to eat |
| Have soul | Have success |
| Have sympathy | Have the chance (to) |
| Have time | Have trouble |
| Have work |
Examples of Collocations with the verb HAVE
Have a bath
- I can’t remember the last time I had a bath.
Have a break
- Let’s have a break when you finish this exercise
Have a chat
- I’ll have a chat to John about it.
Have a coffee
- Would you like to have a cup of coffee?
Have a conversation
- Can we have a conversation before we make any decision?
Have a dance
- Let’s have a dance together.
Have a day off
- I have a day off to take care of my grandmother.
Have a decision
- We have a decision and a resolution.
Have a dispute
- I have a dispute with anyone who would challenge us.
Have a dream
- I had a dream that I won the lottery.
Have a drill
- We have a drill. We’re going to drill.
Have a drink
- Would you like to have a drink after work?
Have a fight
- My best friend and I had a fight.
Have a game
- He said we could have a game.
Have a haircut
- She has a haircut.
Have a holiday
- I want to have a holiday with my family.
Have a jog
- You should have a jog in the evening.
Have a lecture
- I will have a lecture tomorrow.
Have a lesson
- I have a lesson in 15 minutes.
Have a lie down
- I’ll go home and have a lie down instead.
Have a meal
- Seldom, if ever, do I have a meal alone.
Have a nap
- I was exhausted so I had a nap on the sofa.
Have a party
- It’s your birthday nextweek, let’s have a party!
Have a problem
- Our school is having financial problem.
Have a quarrel
- Mrs. Ridgewell asked if they’d had a quarrel.
Have a rest
- You look awful. Lie down and have a rest.
Have a run
- You have a run in your stocking.
Have a scrub
- If you don’t have a scrub, you can make your own.
Have a shave
- I’ll just have a shave before we go.
Have a shower
- I usually have two showers a day.
Have a snooze
- I’m going to have a snooze after lunch.
Have a stretch
- If your machine does not have a stretch stitch, use a zigzag stitch.
Have a sweet
- He did not have a sweet.
Have a swim
- This afternoon I have a swim meet.
Have a talk
- We can have a talk about it some other time.
Have a think
- He doesn’t eat meat, he’s avoiding cheese, he’ll have a think about wine.
Have a walk
- We would often have a walk of an evening.
Have a wash
- I need to have a wash before dinner.
Have an argument
- I had an argument with my father.
Have fun
- Did you have fun at the party.
Have lunch
- I’m having lunch with Linda today.
Have sympathy
- I really have sympathy for them.
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