bang to rights
bang to rights · more bang to rights · most bang to rights
Red-handed, in the actRed-handed, (caught) in the act.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, idiomatic, not comparable, usually)Red-handed, (caught) in the act.
(not comparable, usually)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bang (adverb), to rights.
Origin
From bang (“completely”) + to rights (“properly”). Originally US; attested from the startFrom bang (“completely”) + to rights (“properly”). Originally US; attested from the start of the 20th century.
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Forms
more bang to rights, most bang to rights| Comparative | more bang to rights Lesson |
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| Superlative | most bang to rights |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.