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have no right

have no right verb: to be unexpectedly so.

Verb

have no right (third-person singular simple present has no right, present participle having no right, simple past and past participle had no right)

  1. (informal, proscribed, sometimes) To be unexpectedly so.
    • That show had no right being that good.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, no, right.

Forms of have no right

third-person singular presenthas no right
present participlehaving no right
past participlehad no right
pasthad no right

Questions about have no right

What does have no right mean?
Have no right means to be unexpectedly so.
What part of speech is have no right?
Have no right is a verb.
What is the past tense of have no right?
The past tense of have no right is had no right.

Words near have no right in the dictionary

  1. have more money than God
  2. have more of something in one's finger than
  3. have no business
  4. have no fear of ice cold beer
  5. have no idea
  6. have no right
  7. have no time for
  8. have no use for
  9. have none of something
  10. have not
  11. have nothing on

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