in the right, be Idiom, Proverb
in the right, be
in the right, be Have the support of fact, justice, or reason. For example,
Nancy's parents were in the right when they took her teacher to task, or, as Shakespeare put it in
Richard III (5:3): “He was in the right, and so indeed it is.” [Late 1400s] Also see the antonym
in the wrong.
be in the right
To be actual or accurate. The zoning lath disqualified that we were in the right—that breadth is absolutely allotment of our property. Oh, she's aloof mad because she knows I'm in the right.Learn more: rightin the right, be
Have the abutment of fact, justice, or reason. For example, Nancy's parents were in the appropriate back they took her abecedary to task, or, as Shakespeare put it in Richard III (5:3): "He was in the right, and so absolutely it is." [Late 1400s] Also see the antithesis in the wrong.
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