Synonyms

get right

Idioms

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]

Example Sentences

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It felt like a big scene that I really wanted to get right.”

From Los Angeles Times

WSJ: Which sounds easy to get, right?

From The Wall Street Journal

Putting the staff together was something that we had to get right and wanted to get right.

From BBC

I get right outside for morning light.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I'm not a supporter of the of the unknowns that we get right now."

From Barron's

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