let's be having you
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Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
Then, after a brief pause; ‘ Now, if you want them wages, let's be having you.’
' Let's be having you! ' he grumbled, impatiently donning his top hat.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “let's be having you” mean?
Come on, let's get moving or take action Literally: let us be having you
Is “let's be having you” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.