have reason
English
Etymology
From have + reason, partly after Middle French avoir raison.
Verb
- (obsolete) To be right. [15th-18th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 56, in The Essayes, […], book I, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- They would have no man use it as an interjection or exclamation, not to be alleaged as a witnesse or comparison, wherein I find they have reason.
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- To have grounds, justification etc. (to do something, or for something).
- 2008, Martin Kettle, The Guardian, 12 December:
- The finance minister had reason to be exasperated. Britain's economic future hinges on Europe, and this is no time for animus.
- 2008, Martin Kettle, The Guardian, 12 December:
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