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have someone going

To temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.
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You had me going for a minute there when you said Jimmy Wales had been asking for me.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'have someone going':

have someone goingUsed other than as an idiom: See have, go.
have someone goingTo cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.
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