if you have the radio, television, heating etc on, you have switched it on and it is working
to be trying to make someone believe something that is not true, as a joke
to be wearing particular clothes, shoes etc
to have arranged to do something at a particular time, so that you are not available to do anything else
to have information about someone that shows they have done something dishonest or illegal
Do you have anything on for tomorrow afternoon?
He’s having you on: don’t take any notice of him.
I can’t talk to him while he’s got the television on.
I couldn’t see properly. I didn’t have my glasses on.
Melissa had her new dress on.
Of course he was cold – he’d got practically nothing on.
They haven’t got anything on Marlowe, so they can’t arrest him.
We haven’t had the air conditioning on all summer.
has on
having on
had on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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