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on the alert |
on the average |
on the ball |
on the beam |
on the brink |
on the button
| on the coattails
| on the contrary
| on the dot
| on the double
| on the face of it
on the button
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective on the button has 1 sense
- on the button(s = adj.all) on the nose - being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"
Adverbial on the button has 1 sense
- on the button(r = adv.all) exactly, on the dot, on the nose, precisely - just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"
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