within one's rights

within one's rights

1. entitled, able

   Synonym: have every right to do something

   to be within one's rights to do something

• “within one's rights”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “within ones rights”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “be within ones rights to do something”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “be within your rights to do something” (US) / “be within your rights to do something” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.