| 释义 |
on a dime informal Used to refer to a manoeuvre that can be performed within a small area or short distance: boats that can turn on a dime...- He runs beautiful, precision short routes and can cut on a dime.
- The Fed Chairman, of course, turned his fiscal rectitude on a dime as soon as the Republicans regained control of the Treasury.
- The last couple of years has seen the series shift to arcade-style action, but the new momentum-based skating could spell an end to skaters stopping and turning on a dime.
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