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get right

get right verb: to do (something) in the appropriate manner; to make (something) correct by coming up with the correct answer or solution.

Verb (1)

get right (third-person singular simple present gets right, present participle getting right, simple past got right, past participle gotten right or got right)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To do (something) in the appropriate manner; to make (something) correct by coming 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.

Verb (2)

get right (third-person singular simple present gets right, present participle getting right, simple past got right, past participle gotten right or got right)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, often) To 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
    • You better get right with the local building code.

Synonyms of get right

Forms of get right

third-person singular presentgets right
present participlegetting right
pastgot right
past participlegotten right
past participlegot right

Origin of get right

From get + right.

Questions about get right

What does get right mean?
Get right means to do (something) in the appropriate manner; to make (something) correct by coming up with the correct answer or solution.
What part of speech is get right?
Get right is a verb.
What is the past tense of get right?
The past tense of get right is got right.

Words near get right in the dictionary

  1. get rich quickers
  2. get rid of
  3. get rid off
  4. get ridda
  5. get ride of
  6. get right
  7. get right down to cases
  8. get right into it
  9. get round
  10. get round to
  11. get rounds

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