be on the right track

To be progressing in a way that is likely to succeed. I think we're really on the right track with this new environmental initiative. After all of those failed experiments, our team is finally on the right track now. Though we sustained heavy losses earlier in the year, we're on the right track now, thank goodness.

be on the right/wrong ˈtrack

be thinking or acting in the right/wrong way to find the answer to a problem: We haven’t found a solution to the problem yet, but I think we’re on the right track. ♢ You’re on the wrong track, I’m afraid. The information you want isn’t here.