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on the dot

on the dot prepositional phrase: exactly; precisely, especially of a time of day.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Exactly; precisely, especially of a time of day.
    • He arrived at 10 o'clock, on the dot.
    • A hundred damage?! On the dot...2024 February 26, Smii7Yplus, 19:55 from the start, in Worms Moments that End in Disaster, spoken by SMii7Y

on the dot meaning in Malayalam and Arabic

on the dot in Malayalam

sharp, precisely, exactly
കൃത്യസമയത്ത്, കൃത്യനേരത്തിന്, കണിശം, സസൂക്ഷ്മം, കൃത്യമായി, കൃത്യം

on the dot in Arabic

exactly
تَماماً tamāman

Synonyms of on the dot

Questions about on the dot

What does on the dot mean?
On the dot means exactly; precisely, especially of a time of day.
What is on the dot in Malayalam?
On the dot in Malayalam is കൃത്യസമയത്ത്, കൃത്യനേരത്തിന്, കണിശം. See On the dot meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is on the dot?
On the dot is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the dot in the dictionary

  1. on the defensive
  2. on the district
  3. on the DL
  4. on the docket
  5. on the door
  6. on the dot
  7. on the double
  8. on the down-low
  9. on the downlow
  10. on the drum
  11. on the dry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the dot (page history and authors); on the dot (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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