Note 1.4 — Front matter
Reading edition
se las puede haber, it may vie. Haber(se) las con, "to deal with," then "to dispute with," "to rival." Las, as also the sing. la, is found in numerous idioms in an indeterminate sense, though representing, at least originally, some feminine noun understood; not necessarily cosa. Cf. page 94, note 1, and page 104, note 4.