bang on

comparative more bang on · superlative most bang on · alternative bang-on

1. informalPrecisely accurate; exactly appropriate or fitting; spot on.

   “[…]A case of gambling addiction — what could be more bang on in a place like Las Vegas?”

   2009, Steven Manners, Valley of Fire, page 22

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   So I can truly say that God's Perfect Timing is more bang-on than GMT or IST or EST or any other manmade time —He is never too early and He is never too late!

   2005, June A. Valladares, Ideate with June A. Valladares, page 77

   Synonyms: on the mark, on the money, spot on

alternative bang-on

1. AustraliaUKinformalExactly at

   She’s bang on the dot, as usual.

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   I managed to arrive bang on five o’clock.

   Still, by omitting some stops and running fast to Exmouth it makes up those lost minutes, and I get back to Exmouth bang on time at 2019, tired but happy.

   2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48

present singular third person bangs on · participle present banging on · participle past banged on · past banged on · alternative bang-on

1. AustraliaIrelandUKderogatoryinformalusuallyTo talk about something constantly and tiresomely.

   Give it a rest! You've been banging on all day.

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   I started recycling, just so she’d stop banging on about it.

   Morgan said: ‘Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarising, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it.'

   2014 February 24, “CNN axes Piers Morgan Live with final show due to air next month as British presenter admits Americans 'tired of hearing me bang on about gun control'”, in Daily Mail, retrieved 29 Jul 2014

   He tells me that although he says he hates to bang on about the old days in New York, “because I sound like some old nostalgic fart”, he couldn't imagine living anywhere else.

   2026 April 4, Jonathan Derbyshire, “Lunch with the FT: Jay McInerney”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3