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DEAD-ON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dead-on mean?
• DEAD-ON (adjective)
The adjective DEAD-ON has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DEAD-ON used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accurate and to the point
Context example:
She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue
Similar:
accurate (conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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