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to the tee

to the tee is the alternative form of to a T.

Meaning of to a T

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Precisely; exactly; perfectly; with great attention to detail.
    • The announcement of the political endorsement was timed to a T.

Questions about to the tee

What is to the tee the alternative form of?
To the tee is the alternative form of to a T.

Words near to the tee in the dictionary

  1. to the purpose
  2. to the quick
  3. to the rafters
  4. to the rescue
  5. to the T
  6. to the tee
  7. to the tonsils
  8. to the top of one's bent
  9. to the touch
  10. to the tune of
  11. to the turn of a hair

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to the tee (page history and authors); to a T (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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