have someone on toast

have someone on toast

English

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have someone on toast

1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To have somebody in one's power, or in a compromising or helpless position.
   • 2011, Michael Bowen, Service Dress Blues: A Rep & Melissa Pennyworth Mystery, page 102:

     Every crime commentator on cable news will have him on toast.