: exactly correct
a spot-on impersonation

Examples of spot-on in a Sentence

for an inside mount for window blinds, your measurements had better be spot-on a spot-on prediction of the movie's gross on its opening weekend
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Griffin then went on to highlight Dart's statistics throughout the first two weeks, while claiming the Giants were spot-on with their second first-round selection of the 2025 NFL Draft. Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025 Your anxious friend might be worrying about something that has no chance of coming to fruition—or their concerns could be spot-on. Angela Haupt, Time, 6 Aug. 2025 That’s this show in a nutshell: Simultaneously spiritually revelatory and laugh-out-loud funny, from a talented performer with consistently spot-on comedic timing. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 1 Aug. 2025 Dolby Vision colors are similarly near-perfect, hitting DCI-P3 pretty much spot-on. PC Magazine, 30 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spot-on

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of spot-on was in 1936

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“Spot-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spot-on. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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