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(idiomatic) In working order, functioning properly. / In a train or on trains. / (horse racing) Racing toward the inside, near the fence that bounds the track.

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on the rails

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Source Word

on the rails

Prepositional phrase

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

正常に機能している、順調に動いている / 電車内、または電車上で / （競馬の場合）コースの内側、柵際を走る

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After the hectic quarter, the project is finally back on the rails.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

慌ただしい四半期の後、そのプロジェクトはようやく順調に進んでいる。

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Sense（1）

(idiomatic) In working order, functioning properly.

To The wineplace.com and Chris, Marshy and Chris for keeping me on the rails.

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Sense（2）

In a train or on trains.

For several Saturdays after he'd seen a film about men who lived on the rails, he left home with a Spam sandwich in a paper bag, a compass and a ball of twine (though he wasn't sure why he included the twine).

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