Usually means: Attempt or start attacking someone.
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  1. have at: Merriam-Webster
  2. have at: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. have at: Collins English Dictionary
  4. have at: Wiktionary
  5. have at: Dictionary.com
  6. have at: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (have at)

▸ verb:  (transitive, idiomatic, archaic) To attack; to engage in combat with.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figurative) To take on; to begin dealing with.

Similar:
engage, undertake, take on, attack, battle, aggress, fight, come at, set on, take up the hatchet, more...

Phrases:
have a go at it, have a pop at, have at feet, to have at heart, to have at vantage, more...

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Similar:
engage, undertake, take on, attack, battle, aggress, fight, come at, set on, take up the hatchet, more...

Phrases:
have a go at it, have a pop at, have at feet, to have at heart, to have at vantage, have a punt at, have a shot at, have a whack at, have the world at your feet, to have at one's fingers' ends, more...



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