Usually means: Accurate, precisely correct or exact.
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  1. dead-on: Merriam-Webster
  2. dead-on: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. dead-on: Vocabulary.com
  4. dead-on: Wordnik
  5. dead-on: Wiktionary
  6. dead-on: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. dead-on: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. dead-on: Dictionary.com
  9. dead-on: FreeDictionary.org
  10. dead-on: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. dead-on: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of dead on [Very accurate.]

Similar:
accurate, deadcenter, dead-born, stone-dead, dead-hearted, half-dead, deadverbal, predead, still-born, on-time, more...

Opposite:
off-target, inaccurate, imprecise, incorrect, wrong



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Similar:
accurate, deadcenter, dead-born, stone-dead, dead-hearted, half-dead, deadverbal, predead, still-born, on-time, more...

Opposite:
off-target, inaccurate, imprecise, incorrect, wrong



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