dead on

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dead on

adjective dead-on

not comparable Very accurate. Her Sarah Palin impersonation is dead on!

adverb dead-on

idiomatic, not comparable Exactly at. The train arrived dead on 2 o'clock.

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@misc{dead_on_2026,
  title = {dead on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dead%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}