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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get right

“If this geopolitical overhang starts to dissipate, we think we get right back to a really strong fundamental picture for the economy,” he added.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

Putting the staff together was something that we had to get right and wanted to get right.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

After the usual histrionics about the deteriorated state of my beauty, they get right down to business.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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