have your day in court
Definition
› to get an opportunity to give your opinion on something or to explain your actions after they have been criticized: She was determined to get her day in court and the TV interview would give it to her.Expressing and asking opinionsRemarks and remarkingControlling emotions
(Definition of have your day in court from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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have verb (SUFFER)
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have your (fair) share of sth idiom
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have your back to/against the wall idiom
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have your business, sensible, etc. head on idiom
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have your cake and eat it idiom
- have your day in court idiom
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have your eye on sth idiom
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have your finger on the trigger idiom
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have your fingers in the till idiom
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have your hands full idiom
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have your head (buried/stuck) in a book idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- couch verb
- editorialize verb
- express verb (SHOW)
- far adverb (DISTANCE)
- for my money idiom
- get on your soapbox idiom
- give voice to sth idiom
- propound verb
- put yourself across phrasal verb
- run sth by sb phrasal verb
- say verb (THINK)
- sound off phrasal verb
- sounding board noun
- speak out/up phrasal verb
- statement noun
- ventilate verb (MAKE KNOWN)
- vocalize verb
- vociferous adjective
- voice verb
- would modal verb (OPINION)
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