Phrase info Synonyms

on the nose

Speech parts

1. on the nose - Adverb

2. on the nose - Phrase

3. on the nose - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

just as it should be

being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion

Source: WordNet

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Examples

Ambition may be defined as the willingness to receive any number of hits on the nose. Wilfred Owen

All these fifty-year-old guys wearing baseball caps and shorts and acting like children. It winds me up. Men don't have to take responsibility anymore. Most of the guys I know would punch me on the nose for saying this, but maybe we do have to bring back conscription. Chrissie Hynde

That Heel. That lousy wart on the nose of progress. Theodore Sturgeon

To get the lid on the nose. Dutch Proverb

The blow is taken on the nose but it's the eyes that cry. Martinican Proverb

Grass does not grow on the nose of a thief. Nigerian Proverb

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