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banged to rights

banged to rights is the simple past and past participle of bang to rights.

Meaning of bang to rights

Verb

bang to rights (third-person singular simple present bangs to rights, present participle banging to rights, simple past and past participle banged to rights)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, rare) To have sufficient, indisputable evidence that a person's actions are generally perceived to be wrong; to catch red-handed.
    • I am as intent on banging them all to rights as the next bleeding heart middle-class liberal, but take a look at the record so far.2006, Planning, numbers 1650–1666, page 8

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Questions about banged to rights

What is banged to rights the simple past and past participle of?
Banged to rights is the simple past and past participle of bang to rights.

Words near banged to rights in the dictionary

  1. banged one's head against a brick wall
  2. banged out
  3. banged some heads together
  4. banged the door down
  5. banged the drum for
  6. banged to rights
  7. banged up
  8. bangedst
  9. Bangel
  10. Bangemann wave
  11. banger

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