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to the dot

to the dot is the dated form of on the dot.

Meaning of on the dot

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Exactly; precisely, especially of a time of day.
    • He arrived at 10 o'clock, on the dot.

Questions about to the dot

What is to the dot the dated form of?
To the dot is the dated form of on the dot.

Words near to the dot in the dictionary

  1. to the brim
  2. to the contrary
  3. to the core
  4. to the day
  5. to the death
  6. to the dot
  7. to the effect
  8. to the end of the chapter
  9. to the end of time
  10. to the exclusion of
  11. to the extent that

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to the dot (page history and authors); on the dot (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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