You need to straighten up and fly right.
straighten up and fly right
idiomTo start behaving properly; get one's act together.
The manager told the employee to straighten up and fly right if he wanted to keep his job.
After years of reckless choices, he finally decided to straighten up and fly right to earn back his family's trust.
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come right
to have a successful or satisfying conclusion; to end well
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coming right up
Used by the speaker to indicate readiness to provide something ordered or requested.
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damn right
Expresses enthusiastic support or opposition, agreement or disagreement, certainty or emphasis.
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do right by
To treat, deal with, or act toward (someone) in a morally just, socially honorable fashion.
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do the right thing
To do what is ethical or just.
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fly blind
To do by guesswork; to feel one's way.
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fly by
To pass or go past quickly, often without much interaction
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fly by the seat of one's pants
To pilot an aircraft without the aid of instruments and without a flight plan, using only instinct, visual observation, and practical judgment.