Money & finance

have to have something

want something very much

To want something so much that you feel you must get it.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Why did you buy another plant?

I know, but I had to have it.

Play the conversation

I saw those boots online and immediately had to have them.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I had to have to those boots.

Say: I had to have those boots.

In “have to have something,” the first “have to” is followed directly by the base verb “have.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

have to have something; had to have something

Your turn: say it out loud

I saw those boots online and immediately had to have them.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

have to have something

want something very much

“I saw those boots online and immediately had to have them.”

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