have reason

English

(obsolete) To be right. [15th-18th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: […] Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , I.56:
  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.
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.

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