: 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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That's spot-on here, with Anthony Hopkins' intense performance as a Welsh Jesuit exorcist. Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025 Ariana Grande’s impression of me on SNL was spot-on. Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 The sauce in the pack is spot-on, but it’s failed to provide any real flavor to the tofu inside. Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025 Nobody Wants This is a tougher case because its leads, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, are just so charming and many of its observations about love and family are just so spot-on that weaker elements can get lost in the froth. Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spot-on

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 2 Nov. 2025.

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