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dead-on

dead-on is the alternative form of dead on.

Meaning of dead on

Adjective

dead on (not comparable)

  1. Very accurate.
    • Her Sarah Palin impersonation is dead on!

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Questions about dead-on

What is dead-on the alternative form of?
Dead-on is the alternative form of dead on.

Words near dead-on in the dictionary

  1. dead-name
  2. dead-named
  3. dead-names
  4. dead-naming
  5. dead-nuts
  6. dead-on
  7. dead-pan
  8. dead-panned
  9. dead-panning
  10. dead-pans
  11. dead-pay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dead-on (page history and authors); dead on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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