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Idiom

get one's priorities right

Meaning

Synonym of get one's priorities straight.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“You need to get your priorities right before you start that project.”

“He realized he was working too much and missing his family, so he decided to get his priorities right.”

“Only after the sudden crisis did she finally get her priorities right, choosing to focus on her health rather than her demanding career.”

Examples

simple

“You need to get your priorities right before you start that project.”

contextual

“He realized he was working too much and missing his family, so he decided to get his priorities right.”

complex

“Only after the sudden crisis did she finally get her priorities right, choosing to focus on her health rather than her demanding career.”

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