have the say
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“I’m cautious about my health. But I should have the say – respond to my health concerns the way I want to,” Yoder said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 25, 2020
Army Corps of Engineers will have the say about what kinds of projects would justify the costs.
From Washington Times • Sep. 16, 2014
Those people sitting up in the booths along the wall are the high muckity mucks who have the say so to get a movie started or not.
From Newsweek • Mar. 8, 2010
The union insisted that its own board should have the say on how big the chorus should be and who could be fired.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wondered if he really thought it fair For him to have the say when we were done.
From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various
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