bang on

See also bangon

English

Alternative forms

• bang-on (adjective)

Adjective

bang on (comparative more bang on, superlative most bang on)

1. Precisely accurate; exactly appropriate or fitting.
   • 2005, June A. Valladares, Ideate with June A. Valladares, page 77,

     So I can truly say that God's Perfect Timing is more bang-on than GMT or IST or EST or any other manmade time —He is never too early and He is never too late!

   • 2009, Steven Manners, Valley of Fire, page 22,

     “ […] A case of gambling addiction — what could be more bang on in a place like Las Vegas?”

Preposition

bang on

1. (idiomatic, UK) Exactly at

   I managed to arrive bang on five o’clock.

   She’s bang on the dot, as usual.

Verb

bang on (third-person singular simple present bangs on, present participle banging on, simple past and past participle banged on)

1. (idiomatic, UK) To constantly talk about

   I started recycling, just so she’d stop banging on about it to me.