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on the nose

Dictionary definition · on the nose

adjective

  1. being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion"his guess was on the nose"

adverb

  1. just as it should be"‘Precisely, my lord,’ he said"

Similar words

on the buttonexactlyon the dotprecisely

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).