have someone going

English

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

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: See have, go.
She had him going around in circles.

Grandpa had Johnny going shopping for him.
(colloquial) To temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.
You had me going for a minute there when you said Jimmy Wales had been asking for me.
- 2017 August 7, Maddison Glendinning, “The Real Story Behind Céline Dion’s Personalised Dior Bag”, in harpersbazaararabia.com‎^[1]:
  It had us going for a minute […] Was this a personalised bag from Dior? Did it mean Céline (the brand) and Dior were teaming up for a collaboration that they were debuting on Céline (the person)? We really wanted that last one to be true, however it turns out the image was the work of Instagram parody artist Reilly.
(colloquial) To cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.
When he was lying still on the field, he really had me going. I was afraid he was dead.