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got right

got right is the simple past and past participle of get right.

Meaning of get right

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.

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

Questions about got right

What is got right the simple past and past participle of?
Got right is the simple past and past participle of get right.

Words near got right in the dictionary

  1. got physical
  2. got ready
  3. got real
  4. got religion
  5. got rid of
  6. got right
  7. got right down to cases
  8. got right into it
  9. got round
  10. got round to
  11. got rounds

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