English

get right

To do (something) in the appropriate manner; to make (something) correct by coming up with the correct answer or solution.

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    Origin

    From get + right.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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    • partEnglishget “To obtain; to acquire.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgeten
        • borrowedOld Norsegeta
      • derivedHebrewגֵּט
        • derivedAkkadian𒁍𒁕
    • partEnglishright “Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side o…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishreȝt
        • inheritedOld Englishreht
      • inheritedMiddle Englishright
        • inheritedOld Englishrihte
        • inheritedOld Englishriht “straight; etc.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishrighten
        • inheritedOld Englishrihtan

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