: 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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American Love Story's recreation of the cover is spot-on, with Kelly in the same blue dress shirt and tan blazer. Meredith Kile, People.com, 17 June 2025 His imitation of Chenier is at once spot-on yet unmistakably Jagger. Reya Hart, The Atlantic, 15 June 2025 After some thumbs-up, thumbs-down tweaks, the images were surprisingly spot-on. Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 June 2025 Monica Barbaro’s largely spot-on performance introduced Baez, her music, and her folk-Madonna image to a generation born decades later. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 June 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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