hair on it
v. phr.— «It had to be pretty cloak-and-dagger because the buy was for Pacific First, Wamu’s cross-town rival.…By this time Pacific First also, as they say, had hair on it.» —“After only 10 years, Kerry Killinger’s firm has stores on both coasts. Maybe it’ll even work” by Michael Dumiak US Banker Oct. 1, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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