: exactly correct
a spot-on impersonation

Examples of spot-on in a Sentence

for an inside mount for window blinds, your measurements had better be spot-on a spot-on prediction of the movie's gross on its opening weekend
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Travis Knight — his vision from day one has been spot-on. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 July 2025 The vibrant worldbuilding, design aesthetics of the futuristic vehicles, and the apocalyptic tone feel spot-on and are further punctuated by Jared Leto's charismatic role as a rogue digital soldier. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 July 2025 The seemingly bizarre yet spot-on sweet-and-briny soda seems to work well at the fair. Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 22 July 2025 But the scale feels spot-on; the sectional balances out the living room without weighing it down. Malia Griggs, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for spot-on

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of spot-on was in 1936

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“Spot-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spot-on. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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