have no right

verb

To be unexpectedly so.

“That show had no right being that good.”

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Meanings

verbhave no right (third-person singular simple present has no right, present participle having no right, simple past and past participle had no right)

present singular third person has no right · participle present having no right · participle past had no right · past had no right

  1. informalproscribedsometimesTo be unexpectedly so.

    That show had no right being that good.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, no, right.
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