go right

Idioms  

1. Succeed, happen correctly, as in If everything goes right, we should be in Canada by Tuesday, or Nothing has gone right for me today. This idiom uses right in the sense of “in a satisfactory state,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

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Example Sentences

But several things had to go right for Harris – and wrong for Fuller – for the Democrat to win this race, said Andra Gillespie, a professor of political science at Emory University.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

As long as you understand that, then go right ahead, else avoid it like the plague.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Nygren maintains a diversified portfolio, but there are several areas of the market where he won’t go right now.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Kangfrvr, formerly sosho: We would watch Marvel Inc videos at Best Buy and then we would go right outside and make a video to their song.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

They kept coming, and seemed to go right through me, and then I realized he was gone, and I was now on the creature’s back, rising tranquilly through the water as it glinted around us.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo