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Phrase(s): have someone by something
to hold onto someone by something. (See also have someone by someone or something.) • She had me by the shoulder and I couldn’t get away. • Timmy had Billy by the collar and was punching him on the shoulder., Phrase(s): have someone by someone or something
Go to by someone or something.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs