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strike the right note



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Idioms and Phrases

Say or do what is especially appropriate, as in She struck the right note when she complimented the new parents on their baby . This expression alludes to playing the correct note on an instrument.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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