hit the bull's-eye

idiom

: to be exactly correct
Her comments about our problems hit the bull's-eye.

Examples of hit the bull's-eye in a Sentence

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“Hit the bull's-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20the%20bull%27s-eye. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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