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

Let’s get right to the only question that matters: Did Duke get “Laettnered”?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This “fragile decade” of preretirement years leading up to retirement and the first five years after you stop working are critical to get right.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

So what are the key areas Scotland simply have to get right at Murrayfield?

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

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

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

“So we’ll get right to that. The other is, well, the other is more me keeping a promise to you.”

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Related Words

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