1. Being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion
   "his guess was on the nose"
   - on the button

1. Just as it should be
   - precisely, exactly, on the dot, on the button

See also: precise

Encyclopedia: On the nose

• well-meaning
• well-meant
• well-mined
• well-nigh
• well-nourished
• well-off
• well-ordered
• well-preserved
• well-proportioned
• well-qualified
• well-read
• well-rounded
• well-set
• well-shaven
• well-situated
• well-spoken
• well-thought-of
• well-thumbed
• well-timed
• well-to-do
• well-tried
• well-turned
• well-versed
• well-wisher
• well-wishing