
If you do something on the dot, you do it at exactly
the time that has been mentioned or arranged.
For example:
At nine o’clock on the dot, they have breakfast.
I sat on the front steps to wait for her, figuring
that if she was anything like her father, she’d arrive on the dot of ten.
True to his word, the detective arrived at 1:38 p.m. on the dot.
If we don’t leave the house at 6 o’clock on the dot, we’ll miss
our flight.
A: “I have an appointment with my academic advisor
at 3 o’clock tomorrow.”
B: “Make sure you show up on the dot!”
Tradução:
A expressão idiomática “on the dot” significa exatamente na hora combinada, pontualmente. É usada para indicar que algo aconteceu ou acontecerá no momento exato esperado, sem atraso.
How interesting.
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