on target
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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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Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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:
- Synonyms
- spot on, cock on, accurately, exactly, on the mark
- Antonyms
- off target