have the goods
Example Sentences
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Shugerman: Let’s give partial credit to Justices Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett, who get the history spectacularly wrong in Slaughter but have the goods on this.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“We don’t have the goods that we were used to anymore,” Pozo said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
And so we have a very careful process by which we investigate, we evaluate documents, we evaluate data, we consult experts, and then when we have the goods, we file a case.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
Auletta and New Yorker editor David Remnick decided they didn’t have the goods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2022
"If that stranger takes the bait, we'll really have the goods on him!"
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Brey, Charles
