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
Keren-Hebrew
InaEE-nə (English), IE-nə (English), EE-nah (Swedish, Dutch, Limburgish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Limburgish, Croatian
MondayMUN-dayEnglish (Rare)
Pancratius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
SilvioSEEL-vyo (Italian), SEEL-byo (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian
Carmine-Italian