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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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Arfield, though, believes "this title race is going to go right down to the wire" and that none of the three teams will be thinking about where the points might come in the run-in.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The winning move the past few years after some market tumult has been to go right back to what’s been working.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Nygren maintains a diversified portfolio, but there are several areas of the market where he won’t go right now.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

We discuss how it could go right — or wrong — and what should win if it were given this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

We spend a couple of minutes cheering and then go right back to work making links.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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