dead to rights

dead to rights
adverb
: without possibility of escape, excuse, or palliation (as from a charge of guilt) : red-handed

we had him dead to rights

caught dead to rights on a bribery charge

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informal in the act of doing something wrong; red-handed

he had me dead to rights, so I meekly suffered the rebuke

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dead to rights — see right, 3
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Main Entry:dead
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dead to rights
US
1 or Brit bang to rights : with proof that you are guilty

The police had him dead to rights.

She was caught dead to rights on a bribery charge.

2 sports : with no chance of winning or succeeding

The other team had us dead to rights by the end of the first half.

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Main Entry:right

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bang to ˈrights f9 idiom
(BrE) (NAmE dead to ˈrights) (informal) with definite proof of having committed a crime, so that you cannot claim to be innocent

We've got you bang to rights handling stolen property.

Main entry:rightidiom

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