have what it takes

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to have the qualities, ability, etc. needed to be successful

   you have what it takes to be a leader.

In the movies · 16

• Apparently I just didn't have what it takes.Sunset Boulevard1950
• and l thought, "This guy's got what it takes."Senna2010
• so you think you got what it takes?Ted2012
• You don't have what it takes.American Underdog2021
• Who am I If I don't have what it takes?Encanto2021
• Daddy was right you don t have what it takesUncharted2022
• These silly Tunes don't have what it takes to win.Space Jam: A New Legacy2021
• you have what it takes to be a leader.The Suicide Squad2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Sunset Boulevard1950
  • The Repo Men Come for the Car
  • Joe Pitches Bases Loaded at Paramount
  • Joe Is Mistaken for the Undertaker
• American Underdog2021
  • Kurt Warner's Impossible Dream
  • Kurt Learns to Dance for a Girl
  • Kurt Earns Brenda's Name
• Encanto2021
  • Abuela Tells Mirabel the Miracle Story
  • Mirabel Introduces the Madrigals
  • Mirabel Told to Step Aside

From the same entry

• I, you, can't take anywhere
• take as it comes
• take it
• take it from me
• take it on yourself to do
• can take it or leave it
• take it lot out of
• take some lot of doing
• take that
• take aback
• take after
• take against

More idioms

• give birth
• one after another other
• above all
• on the contrary
• have come a long way
• keep track of
• lay your hands on
• back to square one
• by all means
• behind back
• better luck next time
• it serves right