til rettes
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- to a rightful, appropriate, ready or comfortable state (Used mostly in fixed constructions)
- (obsolete, literally) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) before a court of law
- (by extension, figurative, idiomatic) accountable
- å stå til rettes for det ein har gjort
- to stand accountable for what one has done
- eg får stille han til rettes
- I'll have to hold him accountable; I'll have to confront him
- (rare, predicative) rightful, for the best
- det er til rettes ― it is rightful
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “til rettes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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