quite right

idiom

chiefly British

—used to say that one thinks someone did the right thing

"After I was treated so rudely, I complained to the management." "And quite right, too!"

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Paul Flesh, Fort Lauderdale Another set of eyes Something is not quite right in the Fort Lauderdale water billing department. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2025 Things still aren’t quite right at Manchester City, as another dramatic defeat on Tuesday — this time at the hands of Real Madrid — emphatically underlined. —

Sam Lee, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025 Trump’s Gaza plan shocks the world but finds support in Israel Full circle Many are describing Musk’s assault on the federal bureaucracy as a coup, which isn’t quite right. —

Michelle Goldberg, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025 En route to fetch his wayward sister, Dexter’s voice-over muses that Harry’s belief in good people and bad people isn’t quite right — there’s darkness in everyone. —

Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for quite right