on the right/wrong track
idiom
: following a course that will lead to success/failure
Although their research is far from complete, the scientists are convinced that they are on the right track.
She believes that our current foreign policy is on the wrong track.
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But Curtis is confident that Burger King is on the right track, pointing to the chain’s relative outperformance compared with its two biggest competitors: McDonald’s and Wendy’s.
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Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 21 May 2025
Find a few of them, develop them in the right way, raise the value of the squad, and Volendam would be back on the right track.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 May 2025
At home, Americans are prouder, with about 34 percent now saying the country is on the right track, compared to an appalling 20 percent just three months ago.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Even though answers were on the right track, AI failed to catch the critical nuances, of which the U.S. tax laws are replete.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 21 May 2025
Find a few of them, develop them in the right way, raise the value of the squad, and Volendam would be back on the right track.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 20 May 2025
At home, Americans are prouder, with about 34 percent now saying the country is on the right track, compared to an appalling 20 percent just three months ago.
—Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
Even though answers were on the right track, AI failed to catch the critical nuances, of which the U.S. tax laws are replete.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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“On the right/wrong track.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20right%2Fwrong%20track. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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