get right

== English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== 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, idiomatic) To do (something) in the appropriate manner; to make (something) correct by coming up with the correct answer or solution. ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From get +‎ right. ==== Verb ==== 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, idiomatic, 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). Synonym: straighten up and fly right ===== See also ===== === Further reading === “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.