that's right

Idioms  

1. Yes; that's correct; I agree. For example, Are you leaving early?—That's right, I have to go now, or So you were classmates?—That's right. [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

SpaceX didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment, but essentially, that’s right on schedule.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It was looking as though we wouldn’t get a badly needed, monthslong, toe-to-toe face-off about all that’s right and wrong in the sprawling metropolis of high hopes and low expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

Officials are also leaking to the press that this seizure won’t be the last, and we hope that’s right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

“There is a part where I’m like, ‘Damn, I wish I had a boat for the giant lake that’s right across the street,’” Longhenry told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

“Kenny, Byron said you’re feeling much better now, if that’s right come on out, I gotta go to the bathroom real bad!”

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis