on the nose

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on the nose (mainly American)

exactly right, often an exact amount of money or time We arrived at three o'clock on the nose. Her description of the play really hit it on the nose.

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I don't know why a touch on the nose should affect my imagination so much. The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context Just hit him on the nose every time he rushed, and when he got artful and rushed with his head down, why, the thing to do was to stick out your leg. Moon-Face and Other Stories by London, Jack View in context And then came a second thwack, aimed at the driver's other ear; but which missed it, and hit him on the nose, causing a terrible effusion of blood. Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			on the front lines of on the good side of on the heels of on the hoof on the horizon on the horns of a dilemma on the hot seat on the hour on the house on the job on the lam on the level on the line on the lookout on the loose on the margins of on the mark on the market on the mend on the merits on the money on the move on the nail on the never-never on the nod on the nose on the off chance on the off-chance on the one hand on the one hand...on the other hand on the other on the other hand on the outs on the part of on the pill on the point of doing on the prowl on the quiet on the rack on the rag on the rebound on the receiving end on the right track on the rise on the road on the road to on the road to recovery on the rocks on the ropes on the run on the safe side			on the mend on the mend On the merits On the merits On The Might Of Princes on the money on the money on the money on the money on the money on the money on the money On the Moon Productions on the move on the move on the move on the move on the move On the Move Accessibility On the Move Antenna on the nail on the nail on the nail on the nail on the nail On the neck of On the Needles On The Net on the never-never On the Nod on the nose On the Nose (The Price is Right pricing game) on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off chance on the off-chance on the offensive on the offensive on the offensive on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand on the one hand...on the other hand On the opening order On the Opening Orders on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the order of on the other on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand on the other hand

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