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has someone to rights

has someone to rights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have someone to rights.

Meaning of have someone to rights

Verb

have someone to rights (third-person singular simple present has someone to rights, present participle having someone to rights, simple past and past participle had someone to rights)

  1. (archaic, informal) To get even with someone; to give them what they deserve.
  2. (informal) To gauge or evaluate someone accurately.

Questions about has someone to rights

What is has someone to rights the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has someone to rights is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have someone to rights.

Words near has someone to rights in the dictionary

  1. has someone by the balls
  2. has someone by the short and curlies
  3. has someone by the short hairs
  4. has someone on toast
  5. has someone there
  6. has someone to rights
  7. has someone's back
  8. has someone's blood
  9. has someone's blood on one's head
  10. has someone's ear
  11. has someone's guts for garters

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