on the right track

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on the right track

1. Lit. following the right track or trail; riding on the correct track, as with a train. The train was on the right track when it left the station. I can't imagine how it got lost.

2. Fig. following the right set of assumptions. Tom is on the right track and will solve the mystery soon. You are on the right track to find the answer.

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If her mother hain't got her on the right track by now, she won't take to it herself all of a sudden. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context "Now," said the Wizard, with evident delight, "we are on the right track again, and there is nothing more to worry about. The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context Are you sure we are on the right track, lieutenant? Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context More results

? References in classic literature

If her mother hain't got her on the right track by now, she won't take to it herself all of a sudden.

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

"Now," said the Wizard, with evident delight, "we are on the right track again, and there is nothing more to worry about.

The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

Are you sure we are on the right track, lieutenant?

Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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