have one more time

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Verb

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have one more time (third-person singular simple present has one more time, present participle having one more time, simple past and past participle had one more time)

  1. (idiomatic) To be on the verge of reaping negative consequences for some sort of bad behavior.
    • 2011, Tenisha Jackson, Immaculate Deception, page 118:
      “I do know one thing. She has one more time to bump me,” I remarked sternly.
    • 2013, Lutishia Lovely, The Eleventh Commandment, page 86:
      "Cordella has one more time to cross me, Clark," she huffed, one lone finger in the air for emphasis
    • 2013, Me'Shell Brown, Lovin' a Thug, page 60:
      I will not spend my days trying to babysit a grown-ass woman because she has one more time to call me a bitch, and I promise you I'll never miss her.