on-target

[ on-tahr-git, awn- ]

/ ˈɒnˈtɑr gɪt, ˈɔn- /

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adjective

correct, accurate, or adhering closely to an anticipated outcome: an on-target forecast for the weekend weather.

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Example sentences from the Web for on-target

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Neither the Republican nor the Democratic party have done anything to consistently target Asian- American voters.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to Terrence Howard though, I am not your target.
‘Empire’ Review: Hip-Hop Musical Chairs with an Insane Soap Opera Twist|Judnick Mayard|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Current and former intelligence officials have said North Korea has long been a priority target for American spies.
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Ki Pak had an arrow-walk and target in his garden, and here it was that Yung Pak used to practise almost daily.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
At that instant, when Frank was unconsciously offering a bad target, the moulvie fired.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Stooping, lest our heads furnish a target, we splashed along in the shallow water till we reached the mouth of the canyon.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries|Charles G. Harper

Idioms and Phrases with on-target

on target

Completely accurate, wholly valid, as in Our cost estimates were right on target, or His criticisms were on target. This seemingly old expression dates only from the mid-1900s, and the colloquial use of target for a goal one wishes to achieve dates from about 1940.

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