have someone to rights

English

Verb

have someone to rights (third-person singular simple present has someone to rights, present participle having someone to rights, simple past and past participle had 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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