have a word with

Speak with, discuss with, as in Jerry asked to have a word with you, or I must have a word with Bill about the repairs. This expression, from the late 1400s, was at one time used interchangeably with have words with, but it no longer is.

Words nearby have a word with

have a thing going, have a time of it, have a way with, have a weakness for, have a whack at, have a word with, have a yen for, have against, have all one's buttons, have an ax to grind, have an edge on