Idiom Breakdown

on the rails

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Definition

In working order, functioning properly.

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In Context

"To The wineplace.com and Chris, Marshy and Chris for keeping me on the rails."
"Logic is nothing other than methods we have learned that keep thinking on the rails."
"Menin Road got the offensive back on the rails but conditions, which had been deplorable before, favoured the outcome."