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square on

square on adverb: accurately, correctly.

Adverb

square on (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) accurately, correctly.
    • Don't Look Up aims too high for its scattershot barbs to consistently land, but Adam McKay's star-studded satire hits its target of collective denial square on.2021, Critics Consensus, Don't Look Up
    • I was square on time for my appointment at the Lafayette Coney Island and I wanted to be late.2013 November 18, Loren D. Estleman, The Detroit Novels Volume One: Edsel, Stress, and Motown, Open Road Media, →ISBN

Questions about square on

What does square on mean?
Square on means accurately, correctly.
What part of speech is square on?
Square on is an adverb.

Words near square on in the dictionary

  1. square number
  2. square numbers
  3. square of opposition
  4. Square of Pegasus
  5. square off
  6. square on
  7. square one
  8. square one's shoulders
  9. square peg in a round hole
  10. square pegs in round holes
  11. square piano

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