spot on

See also: spot-on

English

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

(informal) Exact or correct.
I was spot on with my guess.
- 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 22:
  Victor was spot on, of course; in fact, I have often been tempted to seek him out when I have been plagued by diseases of the heart. He'd be able to tell me in ten seconds whether someone was worth a tattoo or not.
- 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎:
  His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.

Synonyms

Translations

exact or correct

Chinese:
Mandarin: 準確／准确 (zh) (zhǔnquè), 沒錯／没错 (zh) (méicuò)
Finnish: täysin oikeassa, naulan kantaan
Maori: mārekereke
Russian: в то́чку (ru) (v tóčku)

See also

nail the hammer on the head

Further reading

spot on at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Poston, poonts

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.