on the button イディオム
on the button
correct, accurate, dead on, spot on When Fern guessed my age, she was right on the button: 39.
on the button|button|on
adv., adj.,
slang At the right place; at the heart of the matter.
John's remark was right on the button. Compare: ON THE DOT.
on the dot|button|dot|on|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.on the button
1. Absolutely accurate; absolutely right. Her predictions about the company's collapse were absolutely on the button. Wow, your appraisal was appropriate on the button!2. At the exact time specified. True to his word, the detective accustomed at 1:38 PM on the button.Learn more: button, onon the button
exactly right; in absolutely the appropriate place; at absolutely the appropriate time. That's it! You're appropriate on the button. He got actuality at one o'clock on the button.Learn more: button, onon the button
Exactly right, precisely, as in Her analysis of the book was appropriate on the button, or We're declared to be there at six o'clock on the button. This appellation may appear from boxing, area a bite on the button agency "a bite on the chin." [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see on the dot. Learn more: button, onon the button
AMERICANIf you allocution about a time or bulk actuality on the button, you beggarly that it is absolutely that time or amount. He'd say he'd accommodated us at 10.00 on the button. We double-counted it and it's 975,000 dollars on the button. Compare with right on the button.Learn more: button, onon the button
1 punctually. 2 absolutely right. informal, chiefly USLearn more: button, onon the ˈbutton
(informal, especially American English)
1 at absolutely the appropriate time or at the exact time mentioned: We accustomed at 4 o’clock on the button.
2 absolutely right: You’re on the button there!Learn more: button, onon the button
and on the bean mod. absolutely the appropriate time or place; absolutely the appropriate amount. He was there on time, appropriate on the button. That’s the actual total. You hit it appropriate on the bean. Learn more: button, on on the button
Exactly; precisely.Learn more: button, on