get right

Idioms  

1. Understand accurately or do correctly, as in If I get it right, you're not leaving until tomorrow, or The faucet works perfectly; the plumber finally got it right. [First half of 1900s]

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Example Sentences

It is the balancing act Emery has to get right while Villa walk the financial tightrope, which has harmed them in more ways than one.

From BBC

The chancellor says it is the most important decision she has made and it needed time to get right.

From BBC

That’s been a tricky one to try and get right without being heavy-handed and being fair to everyone on both sides of that conversation.

From Los Angeles Times

The firefighters are like superheroes: they get right at it, spraying water from backpack pumps, scraping brush away from the fire’s edge.

From Literature

That enables the club to become a winning club, but for that to happen there are as many things that you need to get right off the pitch as well as on it.

From BBC

Related Words

• clarify
• clear up
• decide
• determine
• do
• explain
• figure out
• fix
• have
• iron out
• settle
• work out