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Meanings
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Accurate, or accurately predicted.
The second quartile's figures were right on target.
But the elephants so moved me yesterday that I wanted very much to go [to the circus] again. My sother recognized that when she spoke to me on the phone and after the show she said, "I know when I'm dealing with a three-year old." She was exactly on target, as always.
1983 December 24, Nancy Walker, “Pachyderms: A Delightful Regression”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 14:
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With accuracy.
Both shots landed on target.
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(of a shot) Towards the goal.
Everton went close late on but managed just one attempt on target all match.
2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:
Antonyms
Synonyms
exactly · spot on (accurate) · on the mark · cock on (accurate) · accurately (with accuracy)
Translations (5)
pl w punkt (with accuracy) · mi heipū (towards the goal) · pl w punkt (towards the goal) · fr cadré (towards the goal) · grc εὔστοχος (with accuracy)