bang on

Definitions

1. 1

   Precisely accurate

   Precisely accurate; exactly appropriate or fitting; spot on.

   • So I can truly say that God's Perfect Timing is more bang-on than GMT or IST or EST or any other manmade time —He is never too early and He is never too late!
   • “[…]A case of gambling addiction — what could be more bang on in a place like Las Vegas?”
2. 2

   Exactly at

   • I managed to arrive bang on five o’clock.
   • She’s bang on the dot, as usual.
   • Still, by omitting some stops and running fast to Exmouth it makes up those lost minutes, and I get back to Exmouth bang on time at 2019, tired but happy.
3. 3

   To talk about something constantly and tiresomely.

   • I started recycling, just so she’d stop banging on about it.
   • Give it a rest! You've been banging on all day.
   • Morgan said: ‘Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarising, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it.'

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