bang on

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bang on

adjective more bang on · most bang on · bang-on

informal Precisely accurate; exactly appropriate or fitting; spot on. So I can truly say that God's Perfect Timing is more bang-on than GMT or IST or EST or any other manmade time —He is never too early and He is never too late!
Similar: on the mark, on the money, spot on

preposition bang-on

Australia, UK, informal Exactly at I managed to arrive bang on five o’clock.

verb bangs on · banging on · banged on · bang-on

Australia, Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal, usually To talk about something constantly and tiresomely. I started recycling, just so she’d stop banging on about it.

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@misc{bang_on_2026,
  title = {bang on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bang%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}