on the right track

English

Pronunciation

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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."

   • 2024 August 7, Christian Wolmar, “Labour in a hurry to implement changes on the railway”, in RAIL, number 1015, page 43:

     And there was perhaps a good sign when I took the last train of the day back from Derby to London recently. The service started late from Sheffield, because it was held to wait for a connection. Now, it may be that this was common practice for that service, but it does represent the way that railways should be run. Anyway, I took it as a sign that (just possibly) that railways are on the right track.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: oikeilla raiteilla, oikeilla jäljillä
• French: sur la bonne voie, tenir le bon bout (fr)
• Hungarian: jó úton
• Italian: in carreggiata
• Polish: na dobrym tropie

See also

• on track