hit the mark

idiom

: to be very accurate
Her criticism really hit the mark.

Examples of hit the mark in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On Thursday, 60,000 more hit the mark, pushing the total past 1 million. Collin Binkley, The Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2024 The car hit the mark during testing at the High-Speed Oval Track at ATP Automotive Testing in Papenburg, Germany. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024 What works on one platform might not hit the mark on another, so keep testing and refining your multichannel lead generation strategies. Samuel Darwin, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 Nine other men hit the mark and qualified for the final. Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hit the mark 

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“Hit the mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20the%20mark. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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