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The UD.! Thank you. 

I also realized that “have this” also works, though with less force. 

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2018/01/24 5:58、Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at GMAIL.COM>のメール:

> Urban Dictionary entry for "I got this" from 2006:
> 
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> https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%20got%20this
> I got this
> An expression that's short for:
> 1. I got this covered.
> 2. I got this handled.
> 3. I got this under control.
> WORKER: I can't talk to that guy. He feels I'm all game.
> TEAM LEADER: Don't worry. I got this.
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> 
> The only dictionary I see that treats the expression explicitly is the
> Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary, but only with "you" as the subject:
> 
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> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/you-you-ve-got-this
> _you/you've got this_
> mainly US informal
> used to tell someone that you believe they can or will succeed in dealing
> with something:
> "I know you can lose that weight! You got this!"
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> 
> --bgz
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 7:38 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> I began noticing this about ten years ago. FWIW.
>> 
>> JL
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 10:47 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> A quick glance at Wiktionary, the English Oxford Living Languages and the
>>> HDAS doesn’t yield this expression. It means “will handle this
>>> challenge/problem right now."
>>> 
>>> With the third person plural and the ass pronouns, I think the ’s of
>>> “have” is obligatory, though I’m probably wrong:
>>> 
>>> s/he’s got this
>>> my ass/your ass, etc. ’s got this
>>> 
>>> With the other persons, I think “have” is skipped:
>>> I/you/we/you guys/they got this
>>> 
>>> The OLL does have, under “get”:
>>> Succeed in attaining, achieving, or experiencing; obtain.
>>> 
>>> ‘I need all the sleep I can get’
>>> ‘he got a teaching job in California’
>>> 
>>> Both Wiktionary and OLL (the latter cited here) have:
>>> Respond to a ring of (a telephone or doorbell)
>>> 
>> 
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