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Phrase(s): go in the right direction
1. Lit. to head or travel in the right direction. • Are you sure we are going in the right direction? • We were supposed to turn back there. We are not going in the right direction. 2. Fig. [for plans or intentions] to be progressing sensibly. • Well, everything seems to be going in the right direction—for now anyway. • Do you feel that this project is going in the right direction?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs