spot on

spot on

See also: spot-on

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

spot on

1. (informal) Exact or correct.

   I was spot on with my guess.

   • 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

• bang on
• cock on (UK)
• dead on
• on point
• on target

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