on the right/wrong track
idiom
: following a course that will lead to success/failure
Although their research is far from complete, the scientists are convinced that they are on the right track.
She believes that our current foreign policy is on the wrong track.
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Jordan Spieth continued to show signs that his recovery is on the right track with a first-round 67 at the 2025 Valero Texas Open.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
According to a Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,965 U.S. likely voters, 50 percent think the country is on the wrong track.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
More registered voters say the U.S. is heading in the right direction (44%) than at any point since early 2004, though a majority (54%) still say the country is on the wrong track, according to an NBC News poll out this morning.
—Mike Allen, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
Sean Keane 10:59 History tells us that the railroad helped put America on the right track, when trains started moving people and goods across the country in the 1800s.
—Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
According to a Rasmussen Reports poll of 1,965 U.S. likely voters, 50 percent think the country is on the wrong track.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
More registered voters say the U.S. is heading in the right direction (44%) than at any point since early 2004, though a majority (54%) still say the country is on the wrong track, according to an NBC News poll out this morning.
—Mike Allen, Axios, 16 Mar. 2025
Sean Keane 10:59 History tells us that the railroad helped put America on the right track, when trains started moving people and goods across the country in the 1800s.
—Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025
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