bang on
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- bang-on (adjective)
[edit] Adjective
bang on (comparative more bang on, superlative most bang on)
- Precisely accurate; exactly appropriate or fitting.
- 2005, June A. Valladares, Ideate with June A. Valladares, page 77,
- So I can truly say that God's Perfect Timing is more bang-on than GMT or IST or EST or any other manmade time —He is never too early and He is never too late!
- 2009, Steven Manners, Valley of Fire, page 22,
- “ […] A case of gambling addiction — what could be more bang on in a place like Las Vegas?”
- 2005, June A. Valladares, Ideate with June A. Valladares, page 77,
[edit] Preposition
- (idiomatic, UK) Exactly at
- I managed to arrive bang on five o’clock.
- She’s bang on the dot, as usual.
[edit] Verb
bang on (third-person singular simple present bangs on, present participle banging on, simple past and past participle banged on)
- (idiomatic, UK) To constantly talk about
- I started recycling, just so she’d stop banging on about it to me.
