get right

present singular third person gets right · participle present getting right · past got right · participle past gotten right · participle past got right

1. idiomatictransitiveTo do (something) in the appropriate manner; to make (something) correct by coming up with the correct answer or solution.

   Let me get this right…

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   After several unsuccessful attempts to repair the clock, he got it right on the fourth try.

   Most pupils in the class are unable to get their long division right without help.

present singular third person gets right · participle present getting right · past got right · participle past gotten right · participle past got right

1. idiomaticintransitiveoftenTo become rectified: to straighten oneself out; to straighten out one's life or practices (with respect to some comparator or standard).

   get right with God

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   You better get right with the local building code.

   So let yourself go and get right with me / I'm about to sign you up, we can get right / Before the night is up, we can get right / We can get right

   2005, Rich Harrison, Usher Raymond, James Brown, “Get Right”, in Rebirth, performed by Jennifer Lopez

   Synonyms: straighten up and fly right