From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe right/somebody’s rightthe right/somebody’s rightthe side of your body that has the hand that most people write with, or this side of anything else OPP lefton/to the right (of something) Our car is just to the right of that white van. Take the first turning on the right.on/to somebody’s right The school is on your right as you come into the village. → right
Examples from the Corpus
on/to the right (of something)• The policies in train are on the right lines.• If you get off at the wrong station, ask a station attendant how to get to the right platform.• A guy from our squad got on the right side, and I got on the left side.• Bush's initial response has been to lurch to the right.• Both cells will see movement to the right but the direction seen will vary by 90 degrees.• Maybe I should move over to the left a little or to the right.• Follow on between two fences with lichen-encrusted hawthorn trees on the right. 