: 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
Recent Examples on the Web The outfits, hairstyles, and facial expressions are simply so spot-on, and thanks to the sale, Rose, Dorothy, Blanche, and Sophia are just $7 apiece. Melissa Epifano, EW.com, 16 July 2024 The styles are spot-on, too, argues Ruth Chapman, cofounder of the multibrand retailer Matches. Samantha Conti, WWD, 15 July 2024 Daniel Kluger and Drew Levy’s sound design is magnificently unsubtle, and Kluger’s interstitial piano music is spot-on: vaguely period with the quality of being played on the side of the stage on a rinky-dink upright. Christian Lewis, Variety, 12 July 2024 This was interspersed with spot-on impressions of the antagonist Yzma, voiced in the film by Eartha Kitt. David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for spot-on 

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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 27 Jul. 2024.

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