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on the nose
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(Definition of on the nose from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Unsuitable and unacceptable
- Wanting everything to be right
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SMART Thesaurus: Accurate and exact
Synonyms and related words:
- accuracy noun
- accurate adjective
- aright adverb
- authoritative adjective
- bang adverb
- be bang on idiom
- exact adjective
- exactly adverb
- flat adverb (COMPLETELY)
- infallible adjective
- infallibly adverb
- letter-perfect adjective
- literal adjective
- precise adjective (EXACT)
- technically adverb
- to the day idiom
- to the letter idiom
- truly adverb (EXACTLY)
- unerring adjective
- verbatim adverb
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