- have pity on someone or an animal
- have pity on someone or an animalto have compassion toward someone or an animal. (See also take pity on someone or an animal.) •
Please! Have pity on us. Let us come in!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
have pity on someone or an animal
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