have-a-go hero

English

Noun

have-a-go hero (plural have-a-go heroes)

  1. (British, informal) An ordinary member of the public who intervenes, often at personal risk, to stop a troublemaker, hooligan or ne'er-do-well in the act of committing a crime.
    • 2007 September 27, Deborah Summers, “Straw reveals past as have-a-go hero”, in The Guardian‎:
      Jack Straw today admitted that he was "always uneasy" about the government's refusal to offer greater protection for have-a-go-heroes as he explained plans to review the laws on self-defence.
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