smack dab
Right in place
Smack dab means exactly or precisely, emphasizing that something is directly in a particular position: The house sits smack dab in the middle of town, We arrived smack dab on time.
The phrase is informal and emphatic, with smack reinforcing dab's sense of precise placement.
Also appears as smack-dab.
- midstCentral area within
- middleCentral point or position
- exactlyWith total accuracy
- centerMiddle of anything
- directlyWithout intermediary steps
right in the middle · spot-on · bang on · pinpoint · precisely · on the nose · kerplunk · squarely · bang · heart · plumb · bullseye · folksy · right · right there · plopped · plop down · just
precision of location/position
smack daboff-center
Not at the midpoint
nowhere near · approximately · off to the side · roughly · on the edge
smack, dab, smacked, smacker, smacking, dabbler, dabbling, smack-dab, dabbled