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banging to rights

banging to rights is the present participle and gerund 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 banging to rights

What is banging to rights the present participle and gerund of?
Banging to rights is the present participle and gerund of bang to rights.

Words near banging to rights in the dictionary

  1. banging one's head against a brick wall
  2. banging out
  3. banging some heads together
  4. banging the door down
  5. banging the drum for
  6. banging to rights
  7. banging up
  8. bangingest
  9. bangingly
  10. bangings
  11. bangiophycean

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