Have-mercy Definition

verb

To show mercy or compassion; to stop inflicting punishment or a barrage.

The mean boss would have mercy on the marginally performing employee, except he was in a foul mood today and decided to say what he really thought of her.
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  • Sunday 16 th July Lord, have mercy on our wayward world, tottering on the brink of self-destruction.

  • I pray they will have mercy on you for your assistance.

  • On the 7th of June 1665 Samuel Pepys for the first time saw two or three houses marked with the red cross and the words " Lord, have mercy upon us," on the doors.

  • The wellknown custom of marking such houses with a red cross and the legend " God have mercy upon us!"

  • May God have mercy upon him."

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