Dead-to-rights Definition
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(US, idiomatic) With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.
Because of the video replay, the ref had him dead to rights on the penalty.
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Origin of Dead-to-rights
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dead (“completely, utterly”) + to rights (“properly”)
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