word has it
English edit
Phrase edit
- People who gossip are saying that..., there is a rumor going around that...
- Synonym: rumour has it
- Word has it you're looking for a new job.
- 2009, Catherine S. Ramírez, The Woman in the Zoot Suit, page 66:
- […] the “New Amazon,” who word had it, could “outdrink, outswear, [and] outswagger the men.”
Usage notes edit
- Also sometimes used in the past tense ("word had it"), as shown in the 2009 citation.