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spot on (comparative more spot on, superlative most spot on)

1. (informal) Exact; correct; accurate; absolutely right.

   I was spot on with my guess.

   • 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 22:

     Victor was spot on, of course; in fact, I have often been tempted to seek him out when I have been plagued by diseases of the heart. He'd be able to tell me in ten seconds whether someone was worth a tattoo or not.

   • 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎:

     His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.

2. (informal) Excellent.

The comparative and superlative uses of this phrase are quite rare.

• bang on
• cock on (UK)
• dead on
• on point
• on target

• nail the hammer on the head

• “spot on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Poston, poonts