have someone dead to rights



have someone dead to rights

tv. to have caught someone red-handed; to have irrefutable evidence about someone’s misdeed. (see also (bang) dead to rights.) The cops had him dead to rights.
See also: dead, have, right

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vlasiy-Russian
Paolinopow-LEE-noItalian
EttoreET-to-reItalian
Zorica-Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
LucLOOKFrench
JurajYOO-rahy (Croatian)Croatian, Slovak