| 单词 | bang to rights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbang to rights 9. Slang phrase bang to rights, of a criminal: (caught) red-handed. Also banged to rights. ΚΠ 1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing 255/1 Bang to Rights, caught in the act. 1932 A. R. L. Gardner Tinker's Kitchen Gloss. 281 Banged to rights, found in possession of stolen property. 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 33 One night a screw looked through his spie hole and captured him bang to rights. 1962 New Statesman 21 Dec. 897/2 If I was making a book on the chances of my being banged to rights, you or any other punter could have 100 to eight to any amount. < as lemmas |
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