avoir raison

Le froid a eu raison des plantes.
The cold destroyed the plants.
Elle avait raison sur l'heure du train.
She was right about the train time.
Leur persévérance a eu raison des obstacles.
Their perseverance overcame the obstacles.
La patience a eu raison de sa colère.
Patience overcame her anger.
Il a eu raison de vérifier l'adresse.
He was right to check the address.

Similar words

être dans le vrai

vaincre

triompher de

ne pas se tromper

Tu as raison.
You are right.
Elle avait raison sur l'heure du train.
She was right about the train time.
Je crois qu'ils ont raison.
I think they are right.
Nous avons raison de partir tôt.
We are right to leave early.
Il a eu raison de vérifier l'adresse.
He was right to check the address.

être dans le vrai

ne pas se tromper

La patience a eu raison de sa colère.
Patience overcame her anger.
Le froid a eu raison des plantes.
The cold destroyed the plants.
Le médecin espère avoir raison de cette infection.
The doctor hopes to overcome this infection.
Leur persévérance a eu raison des obstacles.
Their perseverance overcame the obstacles.
La fatigue a eu raison de lui.
Fatigue got the better of him.

vaincre

triompher de

Fixed use of avoir, ‘have’, and raison, ‘reason, right judgment’.

What does avoir raison usually mean?

To be right.

How do you say ‘you are right’?

Tu as raison.

Can it take de and an infinitive?

Yes: avoir raison de partir tôt means to be right to leave early.

What does avoir raison de mean with an object?

It means to overcome or defeat it.

What is its opposite?

Avoir tort, to be wrong.

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