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right on

  • /ˌɹaɪt ˈɑn/ US

adjective more right on · most right on

  1. Correct and apropos; perfectly true. That's just so right on. It's so true.
  2. alternative Alternative form of right-on The folks at VAWA were kickass, their politics were completely right on and it's total West Wing. People are there trying to affect change in this certain context. And it was so heartening in this way seeing people being so right on. It was also kind of scary to see people being so right on and this

interjection

  1. US, dated, idiomatic An expression of enthusiasm or encouragement. I knew you could do it. Right on!

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@misc{right_on_2026,
  title = {right on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/right%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}