on the right track

on the right track

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Prepositional phrase

on the right track

1. Using the correct general approach to a particular task or problem; pursuing something in a promising way.

   Antonym: on the wrong track

   I don't think he has the final answer just yet, but he seems to be on the right track.

   • 1955, Ray Charles, Greenbacks

     She looked at me with that familiar desire

     Her eyes lit up like they were on fire

     She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,

     But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,

     So if you want to have fun in this man's land,

     Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."

Translations

Translations

Finnish: oikeilla raiteilla, oikeilla jäljillä French: sur la bonne voie, tenir le bon bout (fr) Polish: na dobrym tropie

See also

• on track