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.

Examples of on the right/wrong track in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even though answers were on the right track, AI failed to catch the critical nuances, of which the U.S. tax laws are replete. —Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025

The poll took a look at national politics, with 72% of respondents stating the country is on the wrong track while 22% said it is headed in the right direction. —Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 1 May 2025

But even one in three Republicans said their cost of living was on the wrong track, according to the poll, which surveyed 4,306 U.S. adults nationwide between April 16 and April 21. —Jason Lange, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2025

For the past two decades, a majority of voters have almost without interruption said the country is on the wrong track, through multiple presidential administrations from different parties. —Jared Gans, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025