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*on the dot

Fig. at exactly the right time. (*Typically: be somewhere ~; arrive (somewhere) ~; get somewhere ~; see someone ~; show up ~.) I'll be there at noon on the dot. I expect to see you here at eight o'clock on the dot.

See also: dot

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on the dot

if something happens at a particular time on the dot, it happens at exactly that time Shops in this part of the city shut at 5.30 pm on the dot. (sometimes + of ) The first customers arrived on the dot of 9 am.

See also: dot

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on the dot (spoken)

exactly You've got to be here at 9 on the dot or we won't make the train.

Usage notes: used mainly of time and in the form of the example

See also: dot