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Exactly right, precisely, as in Her review of the book was right on the button , or We're supposed to be there at six o'clock on the button . This term may come from boxing, where a punch on the button means “a punch on the chin.” [ Colloquial ; c. 1900] Also see on the dot .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from 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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