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on the mark

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. Precisely accurate

    Precisely accurate; correct or appropriate.

    • The writing was often good, his feel for characters on the mark, but the book was wordy.
    • Three eminent mainstream British economists told MPs . . . that the government had struck the right balance between cuts and spending. Austerity is bang on the mark, they said.
    • The Republicans haven't always been on the mark with doomsday predictions about Democratic presidents.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA