strike the right note
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The base has to strike the right note between creamy and icy.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2019
It takes perfect pitch to strike the right note.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2015
Shanahan, with his clandestine ministry-of-information routine, doesn't always strike the right note, and McNabb has struggled in the offense, but whatever their issues, McNabb isn't tossing his uniform into the stands like Young.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 24, 2010
He doesn't seem able to make a success, he can't somehow strike the right note.
From The Sea-Gull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
"For one thing, I wanted to ask you—" She hesitated, for it was hard to strike the right note.
From Lister's Great Adventure by Harold Bindloss
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