get right
English
Verb
get right (third-person singular simple present gets right, present participle getting right, simple past got right, past participle gotten right or got right)
- (transitive) To do something in the appropriate manner, or come up with the correct answer or solution.
- 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.
Further reading
- “get right”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “get (something) right”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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