dead on
6
4.8
- idiom
- /dɛd ɑn/
:
exactamente
- But you're dead on that individualized attention in social media is where all of this is headed.
- dead on arrival
- budget is dead on
- hit it dead on
No, that's kind of dead on the money.
- No, that's kind of dead on the money.
- And then they'll say, well, romantic relationships, she's dead on about that.
- It is guided right towards Earth and it hits Earth dead on.
- And this is just it's so dead on is all I can say for what you see in the movie.
- You do need to be in focus, you need clean lighting and you need your photos to be dead on.
- It's impossible for that money not to affect you and faze you and, and and you see it that that that is and, and you're so dead on.
- I I don't think I've ever been later than three days and sometimes I've been dead on the notes.
Examples
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Aside from that, you're pretty much dead on.
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- She hit it dead on.
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And yet in 2008, they were dead on with the final results of the election.
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What the fans are saying about us... you are DEAD on as usual.
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I see that my predictions last night were dead on, though.
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And if his aim is dead on and the deer goes down, he says he gets the biggest rush of his life.
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Mike, your four points are dead on when it comes to Groupon-type 'deals'.
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Your point about blog posts serving as raw material for formal columns is dead on.
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Maxine, Scott Adams' comment was stunning, illuminating, dead on, just wonderful.
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The architect's design was dead on, perfectly matching the client's vision.
Synonyms
901
3.2
Completely correct in every small detail
680
3.0
Exactly correct in every detail
286
3.6
Exactly correct and clear about small details
261
1.0
Exactly aimed and hitting the intended point
112
7.0
Exactly correct in what someone says
42
4.4
Exactly right about a fact or idea
31
6.0
Exactly right in what someone says or does
15
5.9
Exactly correct in every detail
5
7.5
Completely correct and in line with modern social values
3
7.4
Exactly right for a situation or need
1
6.6
Exactly at the right time or moment
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'dead' here functions as an intensifier meaning 'completely' or 'exactly', and 'on' can signal being in the correct position/state (cf. 'on target' or 'right on'). Combining these senses yields a directly derivable meaning of 'completely correct' or 'precisely right', so a learner who knows the given constituent senses can infer the MWE. This compositional pattern is common in English and mirrors similar intensifier + positional constructions in other languages, supporting transparency.
Etymology
Dead on may come from shooting. If a bullet lands dead on the target, it hits the exact spot, so the phrase now means 'exactly right'.