English

Alternative forms

• there one has it

Phrase

there you have it

1. (idiomatic) That is it; that is the situation or state of things.

   - But how could the burglar have scaled a twenty-foot wall without a ladder?

   - There you have it. That's what has the police confused.

2. (idiomatic) Used to introduce a speaker's interpretation of what has just transpired or been described

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