on the right track
Making good progress
On the right track describes progress toward a correct conclusion or successful outcome.
The metaphor comes from railroads or hunting trails—following the path that leads where you want to go: Your analysis is on the right track, but you're missing one key factor.
Often used to encourage someone whose approach is sound even if incomplete: Keep going, you're on the right track.
- goalDesired end result
- signpostRoadside directional guide
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
- forwardOnward in direction
- making headwayAchieving forward progress
step by step · assessment · momentum · validation · confirmation · heading · trajectory · course · course correction · pathway · compass · review · positive feedback · reassurance · pat on the back · checkpoint · breakthrough · guide
- Feedback Phrasesgood job, well done, nice work, great job, excellent
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- adequacyadequate, enough, sufficient, satisfactory, acceptable
on the right trackon the wrong track
Pursuing incorrect reasoning
off track · barking up the wrong tree · misguided · off course · going astray
on the right tracklost
Unable to navigate
astray · adrift · disoriented · floundering · at sea
right, track, rightly, righteous, righteousness, rightful, rightfully, rights, tracked