: 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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Whereas some queens are entering All Stars misjudging what kept them from winning, Kerri is spot-on about her issue: not showing herself that same care and getting defeated at critiques. Chris Feil, Vulture, 23 May 2025 Joseph Harrod, Chicago Getting Chicago unstuck The editorial about Mayor Brandon Johnson was spot-on. Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025 Grimm also pointed out, thanks to improvements in the science and technology over the last 20 years, that NOAA’s hurricane prediction was spot-on last year. Contessa Brewer, CNBC, 22 May 2025 Kidman’s acceptance speech was spot-on about not just wanting to work with women directors but also women writers, cinematographers and other heads of department. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 19 May 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 28 May. 2025.

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