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have a gas

idiom
Meaning

Have a good time.


Examples
SIMPLE

We had a gas at the beach party yesterday.

CONTEXTUAL

If you come to the concert with us tonight, I promise you will have a gas.

COMPLEX

Despite the unexpected rain, the guests had a gas dancing in the garden until the early hours of the morning.

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    cooking with gas

    Functioning particularly effectively; achieving something substantial.

  2. 02

    gas and air

    An equal mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, used as a mild analgesic and anaesthetic, particularly during childbirth, for dental procedures, and in emergency medicine.

  3. 03

    hit the gas

    To go; go faster.

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