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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go right

But a lot has to go right for this plastic moment to solidify into something better.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

So I’m quite the unlikely person to write a piece about what could go right with privacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

But after struggling on the road before losing consecutive games at home against Las Vegas and Dallas amid a three-game losing streak, the Sparks needed something to go right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026

"Lots of things have to go right in order for revenue and profits to grow to justify that valuation," he said.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

“Yes, you go right to the emergency room and they’ll take care of you. They know just how to handle it.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini