get right

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]

Example Sentences

However, when it came to spelling, her own name was so difficult to get right that she had given up on the subject altogether.

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All of this is going to take time to get right and there are two massive warnings from history if ministers get it wrong.

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Penkovsky promised to get right on it.

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The Rams have a long way to go if they hope to reach the Super Bowl, but they did some of the things good teams always get right in their 34-10 win over the Saints.

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The Rams have a long way to go if they hope to reach the Super Bowl, but they did some of the things good teams always get right in their 34-10 win over the Saints.

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