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hit the right note

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hit/strike the right note
if something you say or do hits the right note, it is suitable and has a good effect He saw his remarks had struck the right note - his friend was smiling now. (sometimes + of ) The General's calm manner hit the right note of moderation, to reassure his audience.
See also: hit, note, right


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If music doesn't hit the right note, attendees to the Closing Party may want to wander to the Sci-Fi Museum and Hall of Fame, another feature of the EMP repertoire.
``He hit the right note at the right time,'' says Malcolm Whyte, founder of San Francisco's Comic Art Museum and author of the book ``Great Comic Cats.
Amid relative silence in technology funding, Quartet Service Corporation hit the right note raising $9 million in a third round of financing.
 
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