单词 | on-target |
释义 | on-target[ on-tahr-git, awn- ] / ˈɒnˈtɑr gɪt, ˈɔn- / adjectivecorrect, accurate, or adhering closely to an anticipated outcome: an on-target forecast for the weekend weather. Words nearby on-targeton-stream, on strike, on sufferance, ont-, on tap, on-target, Ontarian, Ontario, on tenterhooks, on the air, on the alert Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with on-targeton target Completely accurate, wholly valid, as in Our cost estimates were right on target, or His criticisms were on target. This seemingly old expression dates only from the mid-1900s, and the colloquial use of target for a goal one wishes to achieve dates from about 1940. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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