bang to rights -
1bang to rights — 1. Orig, caught red handed (criminal sl) 2. Certainly, absolutely, no doubt (informal) • • • Main Entry: ↑bang * * * bang (or dead) to rights informal (of a criminal) with positive proof of guilt we ve …
2bang to rights — adj, adv British caught red handed, without hope of escape. This 19th century expression (paralleled in American English by dead to rights) is usually heard in the form caught bang to rights or we ve got him/ her bang to rights (i.e. helpless,… …
3bang to rights — 1. adjective caught red handed; in a guilty state. Mad Pierre sarcastically responded that the spammer was correct. “Damn, youve got us bang to rights. Syn: dead to rights 2 …
4bang to rights — Phrs. Caught red handed. Police/criminal vernacular often heard used jocularly …
5have (got) someone bang to rights — british very informal phrase to have enough evidence to prove that someone is guilty of a crime Thesaurus: to try to show that an idea or belief is wrongsynonym Main entry: right …
6bang to Byrites — adj British (of a male) dressed in poor taste/cheap clothing. The phrase is a play on the expression bang to rights (guilty or caught in the act) and Mr Byrite, the name of a now defunct chain of men s clothing stores. Caught wearing cheap… …
7bang (or N. Amer. dead) to rights — informal (of a criminal) with positive proof of guilt. → right …
8Bang music — Infobox Company name = Bang Music LLC type = Independent foundation = 1989 location city = New York, NY location country = USA location = 3 locations: NY, LA and Norway locations = key people = Lyle GreenfieldBrian JonesBrad StrattonSara Iversen… …
9(bang) dead to rights — mod. in the act; [guilty] without question. □ We caught her dead to rights with the loot still on her. □ There he was, bang dead to rights with the gun still smoking …
10dead 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 * * * informal in the act of doing something wrong; red handed …
