get/have (your) day in court

American & Australian

to get an opportunity to give your opinion on something or to explain your actions after they have been criticized.

She was fiercely determined to get her day in court and the TV interview would give it to her.

• put someone through the mill
• put someone through the wringer
• put someone to death
• put someone to shame
• put someone to sleep
• put someone to the test
• put something back on the rails
• put something back on track
• put something behind
• put something behind someone
• put something behind something
• put something behind you
• put something down to experience
• put something in a hole
• put something in motion
• put something in the shade
• put something into service
• put something on a pedestal
• put something on hold
• put something on ice
• put something on the back burner
• put something on the line
• albatross around your neck
• albatross round neck
• albatross round your neck