A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

have regard for something • have regard to
 something
have regard for something —(also: have respect for something )
honor or respect smth.: If you had any regard for your good
name you would not act in that manner.
have regard to something —(also: have respect to something )
take smth. into account: When considering the precise mean-
ing of a word we must have regard to the context in which it
is used.
have respect for something • have respect to
 something
have respect for something —(also: have regard for something )
honor or respect smth.: Since some of the members have no
respect for the law, they refuse to enter into a legal marriage.
have respect to something —(also: have regard to something )
take smth. into account: In fixing the remuneration we shall
have respect to the work entailed and the qualifications of the
person appointed.
have seen better days • have seen its day
have seen better days —showing signs of wear; be no longer
in such a good condition as it used to be: When Lori and Kit
visit Aldercot Hall, they find a dark, dreary mansion that has
evidently seen better days.
have seen its day —be no longer effective; outlive its useful-
ness: These events led many to conclude that freedom had
seen its day, and that the future belonged to the hard men in
Berlin. Franklin Roosevelt refused to accept that democracy
was finished.
have someone at one’s command • have someone
under one’s command
have someone at one’s command —have people who are ready
to obey one’s orders: The king had now at his command a
body of Janissaries ready to carry out his personal will.
have someone under one’s command —command people under
the authority conferred by official position: Kluge now had
under his command all the German armies in France.