Meaning of on the mark | Babel Free

Definitions

Precisely accurate; correct or appropriate.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“The writing was often good, his feel for characters on the mark, but the book was wordy.”

“Three eminent mainstream British economists told MPs . . . that the government had struck the right balance between cuts and spending. Austerity is bang on the mark, they said.”

“The Republicans haven't always been on the mark with doomsday predictions about Democratic presidents.”

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