on the button

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Prepositional phrase

on the button

(idiomatic) Exactly, precisely.
They arrived at 3:30, on the button.

Her landing was right on the button.

Synonyms

(exactly): on the dot, on the money, on the nose; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Translations

precisely

French: pile (fr), tapantes (fr), précises (fr)
Hungarian: hajszálpontosan
Russian: точь в точь (točʹ v točʹ), тютелька в тютельку (ru) (tjutelʹka v tjutelʹku)

See also

hit the nail on the head

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