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hit the bull's-eye

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hit the bull's-eye 
1. Lit. to hit the very center of a circular target. The archer hit the bull's-eye three times in a row. I didn't hit the bull's-eye even once.
2. Fig. to achieve the goal perfectly. Your idea really hit the bull's-eye. Thank you! Jill has a lot of insight. She knows how to hit the bull's-eye.
See also: hit


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You can trust yourself to sift through and winnow out the ones that feel extraneous and the ones that hit the bull's-eye.
A corporate gadfly with Minkow's past might easily be dismissed, but at least one of his barbs hit the bull's-eye.
Their efforts are on target and many of their portrayals are charming, but most of them don't quite hit the bull's-eye.
 
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