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

“There’s already been relentless efforts to get right wing content into high schools by Turning Point, or remove LGBTQ+ content through school boards, endless book bannings, replacing PBS with PragerU,” explained user ClipItSims.

From Slate

And when you’re ready to hop off, you can do that, and get right back on for as long as your ticket allows.

From Salon

I’ll get right to the point: I did not have an encounter with the dead.

From Los Angeles Times

It was an important tonal balance to get right because the story couldn’t become so wild that it felt unbelievable.

From Los Angeles Times

That takes Parliamentary time to get right.

From BBC

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