have got to

Verb

Meaning

have got to (third-person singular simple present has got to, present participle having got to, simple past and past participle had got to)

Alternative form of have to (“must”)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

must should ought have got shall

Examples

You have to make the good out of the bad because that is all you have got to make it out of. Robert Penn Warren

The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good. John Barrymore

We have too many cellphones. We've got too many Internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now. Ray Bradbury

If I have got to be a soldier, I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable. Wilfred Owen

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston Churchill

The head could not have got to where it is now if it did not give. Nigerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

have got more chins than a Chinese phone book have got more chins than a Chinese phonebook have got more chins than Chinatown have gotten have gotten through have great admiration for