he would have; he would’ve; he woulda.' name='description'> he'd've - definition and meaning

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  • phrase nonstandard he would have; he would’ve; he woulda.

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Examples

  • Pulling her plug, letting out her air, then he'd've had to send away for another blow-up rubber dolly.

    Margaret Atwood | Underbrush Man 2011

  • I know Gore doesn't want to endorse anybody, but you'd've thought he'd've at least commented on the gas tax rebate boondoggle, wonder why he didn't (or maybe he did and I missed it) ...

    Uncommitted Super-Del: How Could I Tell My Black Constituents I'm Backing Hillary? 2009

  • I ballparked the amount of time he'd've spent airborne based on a terminal velocity equation I found online.

    Boing Boing 2007

  • If he was serious about ending racial division then he'd've shot down black racism as diligently as white racism.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • Maybe he was just looking for fame, but he'd've been better off with Candy Barr headlining.

    They Were Collaborators #381 2007

  • If God had wanted somebody with St. Francis's consistently winning personality for the job in the New Testament, he'd've picked him, you can be sure.

    'An Argument Against Mysticism And Meditation' kindbegger 2007

  • Also, I don't think he'd've wanted to have Hulk memorabilia in there.

    THE INCREDIBLE HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT #1 Marvel Comics, 1993 David Campbell 2006

  • You know, if all of the mess around Katrina had happened under a Democrat president, he'd've been strung up by his ankles...

    criminals 2006

  • It didn't take all that much--compared to, say, what a typical rich kid spends on clubbing in a year, or compared to what we and my parents spent on the wedding, or compared to what we used to spend on going out to dinner back when I got paid regularly--but if he hadn't had it, he'd've been screwed.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Emma Goldman 2005

  • It didn't take all that much--compared to, say, what a typical rich kid spends on clubbing in a year, or compared to what we and my parents spent on the wedding, or compared to what we used to spend on going out to dinner back when I got paid regularly--but if he hadn't had it, he'd've been screwed.

    Dream On Emma Goldman 2005

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