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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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Origin of dead-on

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby dead-on

dead-end host, dead-man's fingers, dead-man's float, dead-melt, dead-nettle, dead-on, dead-reckon, dead-smooth, dead-smooth file, dead-stick landing, dead-tree
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Words related to dead-on

precise, accurate, definite, direct, exact, pinpoint, unerring

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