on target
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- Accurate, or accurately predicted.
- The second quartile's figures were right on target.
- 1983 December 24, Nancy Walker, “Pachyderms: A Delightful Regression”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 14:
- But the elephants so moved me yesterday that I wanted very much to go [to the circus] again. My sother recognized that when she spoke to me on the phone and after the show she said, "I know when I'm dealing with a three-year old." She was exactly on target, as always.
- With accuracy.
- Both shots landed on target.
- (sports, of a shot) Towards the goal.
- 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Everton went close late on but managed just one attempt on target all match.
Synonyms
[edit]- (accurate): spot on, cock on (UK)
- (with accuracy): accurately, exactly, on the mark; see also Thesaurus:exactly
Antonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]with accuracy
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