Usually means: Accurately identified the core issue.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word hit the nail on the head:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. hit the nail on the head: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit the nail on the head: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hit the nail on the head: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hit the nail on the head: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. hit the nail on the head: Wiktionary
  6. hit the nail on the head: Dictionary.com
  7. Hit the Nail on the Head: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. hit the nail on the head: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. hit the nail on the head: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. hit the nail on the head: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hit the nail on the head: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hit the nail on the head)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer.

Similar:
nail it, hit the mark, hit on, pin down, put one's finger on, hit a home run, be on to, pinpoint, nail down, get the point, more...

Opposite:
miss mark, miss point, be off mark, be wide of mark

Phrases:
to hit the nail on the head, more...

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Similar:
nail it, hit the mark, hit on, pin down, put one's finger on, hit a home run, be on to, pinpoint, nail down, get the point, more...

Opposite:
miss mark, miss point, be off mark, be wide of mark

Phrases:
to hit the nail on the head, more...



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