on a dime

English

Prepositional phrase

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

Synonyms

• on a sixpence UK

Translations

within a very short distance

• Spanish: por el canto de un duro

See also

• on the dot

Anagrams

• amidone, domaine