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have someone to rights

have someone to rights verb: to get even with someone; to give them what they deserve.

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.

Forms of have someone to rights

third-person singular presenthas someone to rights
present participlehaving someone to rights
past participlehad someone to rights
pasthad someone to rights

Questions about have someone to rights

What does have someone to rights mean?
Have someone to rights means to get even with someone; to give them what they deserve.
What part of speech is have someone to rights?
Have someone to rights is a verb.
What is the past tense of have someone to rights?
The past tense of have someone to rights is had someone to rights.

Words near have someone to rights in the dictionary

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

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