get (something) right

idiom

: to do, say, or understand (something) accurately or correctly

Let me get this right: you want me to lend you $1,000?!

When you're making a measurement be careful to get it right.

They never get the facts right.

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These tasks often require top-level buy-in, team-wide implementation and often direct integration with proprietary data and systems to get right. —

Michelle Tan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 That’s tricky enough to get right across mobile and desktop, but TVs are a completely different beast. —

David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024 After this difficult three-week stretch (two games against Seattle, one at Minnesota), the Cardinals face New England and Carolina, which should offer a late-season opportunity to get right. —

Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024 Finding out how to create an effective fighting style for Spider-Man, where his ranged and close-quarters options mesh with his web-swinging took the longest to get right. —

Echo Apsey, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for get (something) right

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