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dead-on
[ ded-on, -awn ]
/ ˈdɛdˈɒn, -ˈɔn /
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adjective Informal.
exactly right, accurate, or pertinent: The film director has a dead-on feel for characterization.
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Origin of dead-on
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby dead-on
dead meat, dead-melt, deadname, dead nettle, dead of, dead-on, dead on one's feet, deadpan, dead point, dead president, dead-reckon
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