spot on

See also: spot-on

English

Alternative forms

• spot-on

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

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

1. (informal) Exact; correct; accurate; absolutely right.

   I was spot on with my guess.

   • 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 22:

     Victor was spot on, of course; in fact, I have often been tempted to seek him out when I have been plagued by diseases of the heart. He'd be able to tell me in ten seconds whether someone was worth a tattoo or not.

   • 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.

2. (informal) Excellent.

Usage notes

The comparative and superlative uses of this phrase are quite rare.

Synonyms

• bang on
• cock on (UK)
• dead on
• on point
• on target

Translations

exact or correct

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 準確／准确 (zh) (zhǔnquè), 沒錯／没错 (zh) (méicuò)

• Finnish: täysin oikeassa, naulan kantaan
• Italian: esatto (it) m
• Maori: mārekereke
• Polish: w punkt, w sedno, trafny (pl)
• Russian: в то́чку (ru) (v tóčku)

See also

• nail the hammer on the head

Further reading

• “spot on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Poston, poonts