catch/have (someone) dead to rights

British, American & Australian, British

to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong.

I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights.

• lend an ear
• lend an ear to
• lend an ear to someone
• lend an ear to something
• lend itself to
• lend itself to something
• lend someone a hand
• leopard can't change its spots.
• leopard doesn't change its spots.
• lesser of two evils
• less than
• less than something
• let alone
• let alone do something
• let be
• let bygones be bygones
• Let bygones be bygones.
• let down
• let fly
• let fly something
• let fly with
• let fly with something
• let go
• let go of
• let go of someone