get the goods on

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get the goods on somebody (slang)

to get or have proof that someone has done something wrong For months, the cops were trying to get the goods on a drug dealer who lives down the street.

Usage notes: sometimes used in the form have the goods on someone: Look, Stan, you may think you have the goods on me, but you don't.

See also: get, good

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