have it large

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Verb

have it large (third-person singular simple present has it large, present participle having it large, simple past and past participle had it large)

1. (idiomatic) To engage intensely in pleasure-seeking activities.

   Coordinate term: live large

   • 1999, Mick Middles, Manic Street Preachers, page 193:

     Unlike Oasis, the point wasn't simply to have it large and live a whacked-out existence as professional rock stars.

   • 1999, Jeremy Gilbert, Ewan Pearson, Discographies: Dance Music, Culture, and the Politics of Sound, page 28:

     […] that cultural theorists could be forgiven for thinking that every young Briton between the ages of 15 and 25 was out having it large.

   • 2006, Bill Sanders, Drugs, Clubs And Young People: Sociological and Public Health Perspectives, page xi:

     On the dance floor, people are having it large: hands in the air, whooping and yelling, boogieing in a sweaty drug fueled mass.