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.

   Synonym: pitch-perfect

   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.

   Synonym: pitch-perfect

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