get right

Idioms and Phrases

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

Washington at once swept aside maudlin sentiment by its practical common sense, get-right-there-quick decisions.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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