on the right track

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   thinking or behaving in the right / wrong way

   I think you're on the right track.

   In fact, I get the feeling we're on the right track.

In the movies · 2

• I think you're on the right track.Some Like It Hot1959
• In fact, I get the feeling we're on the right track.Stargate: The Ark of Truth2008
• : Get on the right track.Good Boys2019
• We're on the right track.Cocaine Bear2023
• You're on the right track. Hang in there. Go ahead.What Women Want2000
• Do you think we might be on the right track?Love Actually2003
• Pender, I read your rewrite, and you're nicely on the right track.Midnight in Paris2011
• You switched the track that was supposed to get the train on the right track.Unstoppable2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Some Like It Hot1959
  • Cops Raid the Speakeasy
  • Joe and Jerry Decide to Be Girls
  • Spats Wipes Out Toothpick Charlie

From the same entry

• back on track
• be on track
• keep track of
• make tracks
• stop in their tracks
• off the beaten track
• cover your tracks
• hot on tracks
• from the wrong side of the tracks
• track down

More idioms

• one of these days
• been there done that
• if i were in your shoes
• look in the eye
• not cup of tea
• loud and clear
• be starving
• in favour
• the moment
• to face
• be expecting a baby
• off the top of your head