slap-bang
Americanadverb
adverb
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US equivalent: slam-bang. in a violent, sudden, or noisy manner
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directly or immediately
slap-bang in the middle
Example Sentences
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The questions hanging over England are being asked slap-bang in the middle of the Stokes-McCullum era.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2024
Facebook is only 18 but it’s slap-bang in the middle of a mid-life crisis, with user numbers declining and TikTok eating its Gen Z lunch.
From The Verge ● Jul. 20, 2022
That is a rather more complex issue than normal, of course, because there is a great big World Cup slap-bang in the middle of next season.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
Tony Bennett revisiting his back catalogue fell slap-bang in the middle of that period.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2017
A nurse with broomy hair ran slap-bang into me.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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