on a dime

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on a dime

  1. (US) Within a very short distance; especially, with agile precision in a very small space and suddenly.
    This boat can turn on a dime.
    This car has excellent brakes that will stop it on a dime.
    • 2012, Ingrid Michaelson (lyrics and music), “Do It Now”, in Human Again[1]:
      Everything will stop on a dime / Everything will crash into itself in good time / Do you want to beat your own heart, beat your own heart / Or leave it behind / Or leave it behind

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