HyperDic: dead-on

English > 1 sense of the word dead-on:
ADJECTIVEalldead-onaccurate and to the point
English > dead-on: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningaccurate and to the point.
Examples
  • "a dead-on feel for characterization"
  • "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott
Broaderaccurateconforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
Usage ofcolloquialismA colloquial expression
Spanishpreciso
Catalanexacte, precís

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