spot-on

or spot on

[ spot-on, awn ]

adjective

1. exactly right or accurate:

   His spot-on impression of the popular politician had us all laughing.

   Thanks go to our colleague, whose analysis of the situation was spot on.

spot-on

adjective

1. informal.
   absolutely correct; very accurate

   your prediction was spot-on

Word History and Origins

Origin of spot-on¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

I realized I couldn’t really do a spot-on impression of him anyway, so the math turned out that if I impersonated him, it would be just enough of a capture without being a total caricature; a reliance on average talent and a pre-mortem to free my neurosis up turned out to be my formula.

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But it’s Charli who surprises with a spot-on Adele and Troye Sivan, who’s standing next to the “SNL” version of Charli, played by Yang.

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“Coming Back to Life” starts more or less a cappella, so it’s got to be spot-on.

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She’s especially spot-on in the stunning “A Single Spark,” Gilmour singing, “These days of wild uncertain times I ask the empty skies / Who will keep things rolling, who to sing Hosannas to.”

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Bill Plaschke’s column about the bad behavior of Dodgers fans at Game 2 is spot-on.

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