near (or close) to the mark
Almost accurate: to say he was their legal adviser would be nearer the mark...- Mr Sheridan said claims indicate their initial estimates that close to £4m will be required to compensate investors will be very close to the mark.
- Although descriptions of Clarke as the ‘next Waugh’ appeared trite, they are starting to look eerily close to the mark.
- Caddell is not alone among the anti-Bush who acknowledge that some Bush attacks are uncomfortably close to the mark.
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