on track
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3.4
- idiom
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encaminado
- The team is on track to complete the project by the deadline we set last month.
- keep on track
- back on track
- get on track
So when it comes to kind of feeling more on track with decisions, start small.
- So when it comes to kind of feeling more on track with decisions, start small.
- You know, President Trump was on track to pardon Joe.
- The way we run those meetings is literally are you on track or off track?
- I'm told they're on track to beat that date and they're going synthetic.
- And this is where we keep ourselves on track.
- And you know Hannibal was on track to be Flint for a different reason.
- It keeps my team and my employees on track.
- So, and this year, year to date, we're on track with last year.
- And if So, what stuff you do to keep you on track?
- She was surprised that she wasn't on track for a goal.
- I mean, tons of people get sober and get their life on track.
- And when I found that, I'd create success routines to keep me on track.
- So I have all my little stuff together to keep my life on track.
Examples
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OK, so all of us were on track before the pandemic.
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The process serves to keep development projects on track and to eliminate defects before they become serious.
Academic text (1995) -
So when it comes to kind of feeling more on track with decisions, start small.
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You are currently currently on track to getting this.
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This is where these kids are like the kids on track to success.
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I mean, your life is pretty much on track, right?
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I want you to keep that investigation on track.
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As their university life got on track, the participants learned to employ resources and enhance themselves.
Academic text (2011) -
Over the years, Briana had shown improvement and was on track to graduate at the time of the study.
Academic text (2012) -
Today the OBR confirm that we are on track to meet our fiscal rules.
Synonyms
78
2.0
Happens at the planned time and is not late
57
3.7
You are making good progress toward the right result
37
3.8
Moving forward as planned to reach a goal
Antonyms
How On Track
30
2.7
171
3.4
4
4.8
251
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward spatial metaphor: 'on' (location) + 'track' (path) conveys being 'on the path' toward a goal, so 'making progress as planned' is directly inferable from the constituents. This compositional pattern is common across languages and follows regular preposition+noun logic, so a B1 learner who knows both words will normally understand the MWE.
Etymology
On track comes from trains that must stay on the track to follow a set route and timetable. So if a train is 'on the track' it is going the right way and on time, and today on track means 'making progress as planned'.