Definition of "be had" []

• To be deceived. (verb)
• To be obtained. (verb)

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• "After my parents split up, my mother disappeared into a postdivorce second adolescence of her own, taking me with her to seedy bars to entice guys—no insightful heart-to-hearts or maternal advice to be had there."
• "Samson Simson came out of the synagogue, his stovepipe already on his head, not in his hand as it would be had he been visiting a Christian church."
• "Discipline of Regulars has decreed (22 January, 1886) that trials for incorrigibility, preceding dismissal, should be carried out by summary, not formal, process, and that for each case recourse should be had to Rome."