bull's-eye

bull's–eye

noun

Definition of BULL'S-EYE

the central part or aspect of something under consideration <you hit the bull's-eye when you noted that the real issue here is money>

Synonyms bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum

Related Words course, direction, drift, tenor; body, content, substance; hypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesis

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