get the goods on
get the goods on (someone)
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.

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get the goods on
to find out true but often negative information about someone
I think that I have got the goods on the man and will talk to the police soon.

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get the goods on
v. phr., slang To find out true and, often, bad information about; discover what is wrong with; be able to prove the guilt of.
Tell the truth, Johnny. We know who your girl is because we've got the goods on you.
The police had the goods on the burglar before he came to trial.
Compare: HAVE SOMETHING ON.

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get the goods on someone
get the goods on (someone)
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.

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get the goods on someone
to find out true but often negative information about someone
I think that I have got the goods on the man and will talk to the police soon.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲