on the dot

Speech parts

1. on the dot - Adverb

2. on the dot - Phrase

Meaning

just as it should be

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

exactly on the button on the nose just sharp squarely punctually precisely hereupon accurately dot matrix punctual just in time too soon proximately
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Antonyms

behind recently overtime overdue belated tardy
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Examples

Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot. Joseph Barbera

Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work. John Galliano

`Precisely, my lord,' he said Source: Internet

Clicking on the dot highlights the line, and the breakpoint symbol appears. Source: Internet

The entire team trickled in right on the dot at 6PM. Source: Internet

Designers also included hidden messages or in-jokes; one example of this is the phrase "DOHO" sometimes seen quickly displayed on the dot matrix displays, a reference to Dorris Ho, the wife of then-Williams display artist Scott "Matrix" Slomiany. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

on the dot

Close letter words and terms

on the docket on the door on the doorstep on the double on the down-go on the down-low