Communication

spot on

exactly right

If something is spot on, it is exactly right or completely accurate.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

So the bus leaves at 7:15?

That's spot on - don't be late.

Play the conversation

Your description of the neighbourhood was spot on.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Your answer was on the spot.

Say: Your answer was spot on.

“On the spot” is a different expression; this meaning uses “spot on.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be spot on; get something spot on

Your turn: say it out loud

Your description of the neighbourhood was spot on.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

spot on

exactly right

“Your description of the neighbourhood was spot on.”

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