Idiom
square on
Meaning
accurately, correctly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His guess was square on.”
“The mechanic hit the problem square on when he said the engine needed a new part.”
“Her analysis of the political situation was square on, capturing the underlying tensions that others had failed to notice.”
Examples
simple
“His guess was square on.”
contextual
“The mechanic hit the problem square on when he said the engine needed a new part.”
complex
“Her analysis of the political situation was square on, capturing the underlying tensions that others had failed to notice.”
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