have the goods

Example Sentences

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Speculation that Bragg didn’t have the goods grew.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2024

“We don’t have the goods that we were used to anymore,” Pozo said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024

And so we have a very careful process by which we investigate, we evaluate documents, we evaluate data, we consult experts, and then when we have the goods, we file a case.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Auletta and New Yorker editor David Remnick decided they didn’t have the goods.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2022

I’ll only say that I believe I have the goods on you, and I’ll warn you that anything you say now may be used against you.

From Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery by Stokes, Roy Eliot