- on the nose
- mainly American
exactly right, often an exact amount of money or time.
We arrived at three o'clock on the nose.
Her description of the play really hit it on the nose.
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on the nose — Nose Nose (n[=o]z), n. [AS. nosu; akin to D. neus, G. nase, OHG. nasa, Icel. n[ o]s, Sw. n[ a]sa, Dan. n[ a]se, Lith. nosis, Russ. nos , L. nasus, nares, Skr. n[=a]s[=a], n[=a]s. [root]261. Cf. {Nasal}, {Nasturtium}, {Naze}, {Nostril}, {Nozzle}.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
on the nose — I adjective being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion his guess was on the nose the prediction for snow was right on the button • Syn: ↑on the button • Similar to: ↑precise II … Useful english dictionary
on the nose — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Just right; exactly. * /Stanley hit the ball on the nose./ * /The airplane pilot found the small landing field on the nose./ … Dictionary of American idioms
on the nose — {adv. phr.}, {informal} Just right; exactly. * /Stanley hit the ball on the nose./ * /The airplane pilot found the small landing field on the nose./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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