- have someone dead to rights
- have (someone) dead to rights
found in the act of doing something wrong.
The police had him dead to rights selling drugs.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
have someone dead to rights
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have someone dead to rights — catch/have (someone) dead to rights British, American & Australian, British to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights … New idioms dictionary
have someone dead to rights — tv. to have caught someone red handed; to have irrefutable evidence about someone’s misdeed. (Have got can replace have. See also (bang) dead to rights.) □ We’ve got you dead to rights on this one. □ The cops had him dead to rights … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
catch someone dead to rights — catch/have (someone) dead to rights British, American & Australian, British to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights … New idioms dictionary
have dead to rights — have (someone) dead to rights found in the act of doing something wrong. The police had him dead to rights selling drugs … New idioms dictionary
have dead to rights — catch/have (someone) dead to rights British, American & Australian, British to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights … New idioms dictionary
catch dead to rights — catch/have (someone) dead to rights British, American & Australian, British to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights … New idioms dictionary
Dead to rights (catch phrase) — 1. It is a British, American and Australian catch phrase meaning to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. 2. To be caught red handed, in the very act of committing a crime or error. It implies that there is no possible… … Wikipedia
dead — [ded] adj. [ME ded < OE dēad, akin to ON dauthr, OHG tōt, Goth dauths: orig. pp. of an old v. base appearing in ON deyja, OS dojan, OHG touwen, all < IE base * dheu , DIE1] 1. no longer living; having died 2. naturally without life;… … English World dictionary
dead — /dɛd / (say ded) adjective 1. no longer living; deprived of life. 2. not endowed with life; inanimate: dead matter. 3. resembling death: a dead sleep. 4. bereft of sensation; insensible; numb: my foot is dead; dead to all sense of shame. 5. no… …
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