have the goods

Example Sentences

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“We will know whether they have the goods if they can show them at a jury trial.”

From Salon • May 24, 2025

If that green tool is available, though, Fisch appears to have the goods to capitalize.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

In the new Menendez case, though, prosecutors from the Southern District of New York apparently believe they have the goods.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2023

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

"We have the goods on him, all right."

From The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]