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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Recreating this iconic prop as a functional element of a shoe took many rounds of prototyping to get right.
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Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
As a person who gets cold year-round even in my four-seasons climate, the duvet layer is the trickiest to get right.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2024
Instead of capitalizing on their Game 1 win, the Dodgers let the Padres get right back in the series.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Yet the most important part to get right was the Freakos themselves.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
As a person who gets cold year-round even in my four-seasons climate, the duvet layer is the trickiest to get right.
—Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2024
Instead of capitalizing on their Game 1 win, the Dodgers let the Padres get right back in the series.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024
Yet the most important part to get right was the Freakos themselves.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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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 31 Oct. 2024.
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