| 单词 | on the dot |
| 释义 | on the dotSEE SYNONYMS FOR on the dot ON THESAURUS.COM Exactly on time, as in We had to be there at eight on the dot. The dot in this idiom is the mark appearing on the face of a watch or clock indicating the time in question. It may come from the earlier to a dot, meaning “exactly” since the early 1700s but no longer heard today. [c. 1900] Also see on the button. Words nearby on the doton the cheap, on the chin, on the contrary, on the cuff, on the defensive, on the dot, on the double, on the edge, on the eve of, on the face of it, on the fly The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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