to get back on track
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3.4
- phrasal verb
:
retomar el rumbo
- We have an opportunity to get back on track here.
- help get back on track
- get the economy back on track
For the US to get back on track, they would have to slash spending.
- For the US to get back on track, they would have to slash spending.
- If we're going to get this country back on track.
- But I went and I'm getting back on track and that's the main thing.
- So I kind of feel like I'm getting back on track because vlogmas has been so busy.
- Come to see us and we'll get you back on track.
- And it'll eventually get you right back on track if you're a disciplined person, right.
- What are three things you would suggest to take to get you back on track?
- And I just wondered what advice you would give to help me get back on track.
- Like they knew how to get their swing back on track, get to the next game, next pitch, whatever.
Examples
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The team held a meeting to discuss how they could get back on track after the recent project delays.
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For the US to get back on track, they would have to slash spending.
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Do you have any advice as how I can get my life back on track or am I too far gone?
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It's our last chance to get back on track!
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We're getting back on track.
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It's going to take time for you to get your life back on track.
Fiction book (1998) -
All she wanted was to get through the crisis and get her life back on track.
Fiction book (2001) -
The next day, I woke up resolved to get my life back on track.
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So it's been a busy couple of weeks, you know, just trying to get back on track with things, trying to get back in a good mental state.
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It's only now, six years later, that he's finally got his credit rating back on track.
Blog text (13)
Synonyms
748
2.5
Get back to a normal state after a loss, for example health or money
297
3.1
To start an activity again after a pause
To go back to the main topic or task after a distraction
Antonyms
How On-Track
Surface Forms
Morphology
The parts 'get' (reach/obtain), 'back' (return), and the locative phrase 'on track' (on the correct path) combine in a straightforward, compositional way: to return to the correct path or state. This motion/location metaphor (returning to a track) is common cross‑linguistically and follows normal English particle+prepositional patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents is likely to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Get back on track may come from trains: if a train leaves the rails it is off course, and workers must put it back on the track. So the phrase now means 'to return to the right plan or a normal state' after a problem or distraction.