Meaning of have a say | Babel Free

Definitions

To (receive the opportunity to) voice one's opinion.

idiomatic, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“He didn't have a say in deciding where he and his family would go on vacation.”

“The essence of a democracy is not that people vote on whatever they want, but that every adult has a say in how he or she is governed.”

“We go to school and we go to work under conditions where people don't have a say in their day-to-day life; they don't have a say in the things that happen around them.”

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