Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Got is the past tense and past participle of get .
2.
You use have ~ to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use ‘~’. (SPOKEN)
I’ve ~ a coat just like this...
She hasn’t ~ a work permit...
Have you ~ any ideas?...
Every city’s ~ its good and bad points...
After a pause he asked, ‘You ~ any identification?’
= have
PHRASE: have inflects, PHR n
3.
You use have ~ to when you are saying that something is necessary or must happen in the way stated. In informal American English, the ‘have’ is sometimes omitted. (SPOKEN)
I’m not happy with the situation, but I’ve just ~ to accept it...
There has ~ to be a degree of flexibility...
See, you ~ to work very hard.
= must
PHRASE
4.
People sometimes use have ~ to in order to emphasize that they are certain that something is true, because of the facts or circumstances involved. In informal American English, the ‘have’ is sometimes omitted. (SPOKEN)
We’ll do what we ~ to do.
= must
PHRASE emphasis