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have dibs on

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have dibs on something

to reserve something for oneself; to claim something for oneself. (Often said by children.) I have dibs on the last piece of cake. John has dibs on the last piece again. It isn't fair.

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have dibs on something

  (American informal)

to make it clear that something belongs to you or that you should be the next person to use something I have dibs on the Sunday paper.

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have dibs on

Have a first claim on something, as in If you don't want it, I have dibs on the next available apartment. This term was originally schoolyard slang. [c. 1930]

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