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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Provide feedback regularly, not just during annual reviews, and get right to the point.
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Essentially, both teams desperately need to get right with the SEC Tournament underway.
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—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
Pixar is nothing if not exceptional at crafting cartoons that get right to the heart of the human experience, and Inside Out is no exception.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
At the same time, one player becomes the first person in history to successfully mime The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Rotations, which the others get right away.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Essentially, both teams desperately need to get right with the SEC Tournament underway.
2.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
Pixar is nothing if not exceptional at crafting cartoons that get right to the heart of the human experience, and Inside Out is no exception.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2025
At the same time, one player becomes the first person in history to successfully mime The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Rotations, which the others get right away.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for get (something) right
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“Get (something) right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20%28something%29%20right. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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