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• on the dot — adverb just as it should be Precisely, my lord, he said • Syn: ↑precisely, ↑exactly, ↑on the nose, ↑on the button * * * (informal) PRECISELY, exactly, sharp, prompt, dead on, on the stroke of ; informal …   Useful english dictionary

• on the dot — also[on the button] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Exactly on time; not early and not late. * /Susan arrived at the party at 2:00 P.M. on the dot./ * /Ben s plane arrived on the dot./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• on the dot — also[on the button] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Exactly on time; not early and not late. * /Susan arrived at the party at 2:00 P.M. on the dot./ * /Ben s plane arrived on the dot./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• on the dot — at exactly the time that you mention, especially when this is a time that you have arranged He arrived at 8 o clock on the dot. on the dot of: I was there on the dot of four, as agreed …   English dictionary

• on the dot — If someone says that they re leaving at seven on the dot, don t be late; they mean at exactly seven o clock …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• on the dot —    If someone says that they re leaving at seven on the dot, don t be late; they mean at exactly seven o clock.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• On the dot —   If someone says that they re leaving at seven on the dot, don t be late; they mean at exactly seven o clock …   Dictionary of English idioms

• dot — 1 noun (C) 1 a small round mark or spot 2 on the dot informal exactly at a particular time: on the dot of five (o clock)/at five (o clock) on the dot: Mr Green arrived at six on the dot. 3 something that looks like a small spot because it is so… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• dot — dot1 [ dat ] noun count * 1. ) a very small spot of ink or color: The female fish is yellow, with tiny orange dots on the tail. 2. ) something that looks very small because it is far away: We watched until the airplane was just a dot in the sky.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dot — dot1 dotlike, adj. dotter, n. /dot/, n., v., dotted, dotting. n. 1. a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen. 2. a minute or small spot on a surface; speck: There were dots of soot on the window sill. 3. anything relatively small or… …   Universalium

• dot — [[t]dɒ̱t[/t]] dots, dotting, dotted 1) N COUNT A dot is a very small round mark, for example one that is used as the top part of the letter i , as a full stop, or as a decimal point. 2) N COUNT You can refer to something that you can see in the… …   English dictionary