true as a die

adverb

With perfect aim or direction.

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Meanings

adverbtrue as a die (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith perfect aim or direction.

    A giant arm encircled the tawny throat, and a long blade sank once, true as a die, into the fierce heart.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 124
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