on the dot
idiom
informal
: exactly at a particular time
She arrived at 3 o'clock on the dot.
I expect you to be here on the dot of 5.
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Sure, train arrivals every eight minutes on average don’t imply every eight minutes on the dot.
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
The beautiful Venus moves into blazing Aries at 12:00 am EDT on the dot, reinvigorating our social interactions and introducing modern forms of revenue.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
At five o’clock on the dot, my father poured vodka sodas for himself and my grandma.
—Holly Solem, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
The producer Max Martin, whose collaborations with Britney helped clinch his status as the No. 1 go-to for pop girls, strolls into the story at fifty pages on the dot.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024
The beautiful Venus moves into blazing Aries at 12:00 am EDT on the dot, reinvigorating our social interactions and introducing modern forms of revenue.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024
At five o’clock on the dot, my father poured vodka sodas for himself and my grandma.
—Holly Solem, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024
The producer Max Martin, whose collaborations with Britney helped clinch his status as the No. 1 go-to for pop girls, strolls into the story at fifty pages on the dot.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
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“On the dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20dot. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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