go right

Idioms

Succeed, happen correctly, as in If everything goes right, we should be in Canada by Tuesday, or Nothing has gone right for me today. This idiom uses right in the sense of “in a satisfactory state,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

Example Sentences

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“The Academy has its wall and security detail, but it is still too conspicuous. Despite the no-fly zone and the water patrol to make sure no unsuspecting boater stumbles upon it, some still have. This way, a boater could go right past the island and have no idea we were even here.”

From Literature

If you go right back to the archives we had Demi Stokes, Claire Rafferty and Rachel Unit who were left-sided players.

From BBC

“If things go right, you could be riding and shooting before you know it.”

From Literature

Handing the trap back to me, Papa said, “You know, this time of the year there’s not much to do around the farm, just planting; and I can take care of that. You go right ahead and have a go at those monkeys. Maybe you can catch them; you’ve caught everything else in these hills.”

From Literature

I should go right back to Opal now, but I needed to close my eyes just for a little while.

From Literature

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