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Meaning: (idiomatic,informal)Synonym ofhave a time of it.1976October 21,Letter to Wayne Snipes:Wehad a timewith our brother because of this, trying to get him into the hospital for treatment.2003, Rich Shull,Autism, Pre Rain Man, page10:Even in the best of times us older Autisticshave a timehandling two or three things at once.2014, Bernadine C. Taylor,Keeping the Faith, page200:Mamahad a timetryin' to have him released in her custody, because of his severe medical condition.2017, Jean-Baptiste Truteau, Raymond J. DeMallie, Douglas R. Parks,A Fur Trader on the Upper Missouri, page123:Our hopes began to revive, at least from no longer lacking food, for I reallyhad a timewith several of my men who, often believing us lost on the prairie or surely to die from hunger, thirst, or at the hands of the Sioux, were continually cursing the moment when they had embarked on such a voyage.
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