ON THE RIGHT (OR WRONG) TRACK

Meaning of ON THE RIGHT (OR WRONG) TRACK in English

on the right ( or wrong) track

following a course likely to result in success (or failure).

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ also ˈräŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wrong, wrang, from Old English wrang, from (assumed) Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRACK — I. ˈtrak noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English trak, from Middle French trac, perhaps of Germanic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WRONG — — wronger , n. — wrongly , adv. — wrongness , n. /rawng, rong/ , adj. 1. not in accordance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRACK — — trackable , adj. — trackability , n. — tracker , n. /trak/ , n. 1. a structure consisting of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIGHT — — rightable , adj. /ruyt/ , adj., righter, rightest , n., adv., v. adj. 1. in accordance with what is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrang, from * wrang, adjective, wrong Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRACK — I. ˈtrak noun Etymology: Middle English trak, from Middle French trac Date: 15th century 1. a. : detectable evidence (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIGHT — I. ˈrīt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English riht; akin to Old High German reht right, Latin rectus straight, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRONG — imp. of wring. wrung. 2. wrong ·adj that which is not right. 3. wrong ·adj twisted; wry; as, a wrong …
Webster English vocab
TRACK — noun a road; a beaten path. 2. track ·noun a tract or area, as of land. 3. track ·noun the …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
WRONG — [wrong] n [ME, fr. OE wrang, fr. (assumed) wrang, adj., wrong] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an injurious, unfair, or unjust …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WRONG — / rɒŋ; NAmE rɔːŋ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective NOT CORRECT 1. not right or correct …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRACK — / træk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ROUGH PATH 1. [ C ] a rough path or road, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIGHT — / raɪt; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb , exclamation ■ adjective MORALLY GOOD 1. [ not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG — I. wrong 1 S1 W1 /rɒŋ $ rɒːŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wrong , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRACK — I. track 1 S2 W2 /træk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: trac ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRACK — n. & v. --n. 1 a a mark or marks left by a person, animal, or thing in passing. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIGHT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRACK — n. & v. n. 1 a a mark or marks left by a person, animal, or thing in passing. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Oxford English vocab
TRACK — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a a mark or marks left by a person, animal, or thing in passing. …
Oxford English vocab
RIGHT
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
RIGHT — I. CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE /raɪt/ ( rights, righting, righted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG — ( wrongs, wronging, wronged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRACK — ( tracks, tracking, tracked) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A track …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRACK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a course/track record (= the best score for a particular golf course or time …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRONG — (NOT SUITABLE) [adjective] [not gradable] - not suitable or desirable, or not as it should beShe's the wrong person for …
Cambridge English vocab
RIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Bill of Rights, Bircher, Bourbon, Christian, Declaration of Right, Epistle side, Magna Carta, Magna Charta, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Slang English vocab
TRACK — I. noun 1 marks left behind by a car/a person/an animal ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ fresh ▪ animal , car …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WRONG — See ↑ BAD 13, ↑ UNSUITABLE 1,2, ↑ WRONG 1,2,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wrong • ↑ can do no …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRONG — adj. 1 improper, unjust, unfair, injudicious, unethical, terrible, foul, awful, bad, immoral, sinful, evil, iniquitous, villainous, wicked, vile, diabolic(al), infernal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIGHT — adj. 1 just, moral, good, proper, correct, legal, lawful, licit, honest, upright, righteous, virtuous, ethical, fair, true, honourable, right-minded, principled, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Словарь английских идиом
WRONG — 1. сущ. 1) неправда; заблуждение, ошибочность Is anything wrong with the documents? ≈ Разве что-нибудь не в порядке с документами? …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRACK — 1. сущ. 1) а) след be on the track of be in the track of lose track of keep track …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIGHT — I 1. сущ. 1) право; справедливое требование (to - на что-л.); привилегия to abdicate, relinquish, renounce, sign away, waive a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ON — 1. предл. 1) а) в пространственном значении указывает на нахождение на поверхности какого-л. предмета, на чем-л. на a house on …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WRONG — wrong.ogg 1. rɒŋ n 1. вред; зло; обида right and wrong - добро и зло to make wrong right - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TRACK — track.ogg _I 1. træk n 1. 1> след bear deer tracks - следы медведя оленя the track of a wagon …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIGHT — right.ogg _I 1. raıt n 1. правильность, правота, справедливость by right or wrong - всеми правами и неправдами to be …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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