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. Setting the social scene: whether partying into the past or having ... by Parks & Recreation ``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. PURR-FECT TIMING AFTER 15 YEARS, JIM DAVIS' `GARFIELD' FINALLY READY ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Amid relative silence in technology funding, Quartet Service Corporation hit the right note raising $9 million in a third round of financing. Quartet gets $9 million in funding. (Technology) by Real Estate Weekly More results

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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.

Setting the social scene: whether partying into the past or having ... by Parks & Recreation

``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.

PURR-FECT TIMING AFTER 15 YEARS, JIM DAVIS' `GARFIELD' FINALLY READY ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Amid relative silence in technology funding, Quartet Service Corporation hit the right note raising $9 million in a third round of financing.

Quartet gets $9 million in funding. (Technology) by Real Estate Weekly

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