have someone to rights

English

Verb

have someone to rights

  1. (informal, archaic) To get even with someone; to give them what they deserve.
  2. (informal) To gauge or evaluate someone accurately.

References
  • (get even): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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