: 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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All that puking was spot-on In The White Lotus, Lochlan vomited into the pool and then collapsed—seemingly dead. Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 Motion detection is spot-on, and notifications come through in no time. Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025 Your options include: Topical (spot-on) products are applied to the animal’s back; the medication is spread through the lipid/fatty layer across the pet’s skin and coat. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025 The only way to truly get your size spot-on is through good old trial and error. Bianca London, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spot-on

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined above

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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 16 Apr. 2025.

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