get right
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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get right (third-person singular simple present gets right, present participle getting right, simple past got right, past participle gotten right or got right)
- (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.
- Most pupils in the class are unable to get their long division right without help.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Copula + adjective.
Verb[edit]
get right (third-person singular simple present gets right, present participle getting right, simple past got right, past participle gotten right or got right)
- (intransitive, often with with) 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
- You better get right with the local building code.
- 2005, Rich Harrison, Usher Raymond, James Brown (lyrics and music), “Get Right”, in Rebirth, performed by Jennifer Lopez:
- So let yourself go and get right with me / I'm about to sign you up, we can get right / Before the night is up, we can get right / We can get right
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Further reading[edit]
- “get right”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “get (something) right”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.