a/the right to (do) (something)

a/the right to (do) (something)

An established moral or legal permission, privilege, or due claim. You have the right to say whatever you want, but you don't have the right to have people respect or listen to what you say. I have a right to this land! It's been owned by my family for generations.
See also: right
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*(a) right to something

 and *(the) right to something
a privilege or license to have something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give someone ~.) I have the right to have the kind of house I want. You have a right to any house you can afford.
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*(a) right to do something

 and *(the) right to do something
the freedom to do something; the legal or moral permission or license to do something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; You don't have the right to enter my home without my permission. I have a right to grow anything I want on my farmland.
See also: right
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • right to
  • right to do
  • alright
  • right of way
  • right-of-way
  • (the) right of way
  • right out
  • up in (one's) grill
  • up in someone’s gold ones
  • up in (one's) gold ones