Usually means: Accurately direct; lacking subtlety.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. on the nose: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. on the nose: Merriam-Webster
  3. on the nose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. on the nose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. on the nose: Vocabulary.com
  6. on the nose: Wordnik
  7. on the nose: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. on the nose: Wiktionary
  9. on the nose: Dictionary.com
  10. On the Nose (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. on the nose: Rhymezone
  12. on the nose: FreeDictionary.org
  13. on the nose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. On the Nose: The Word Detective
  15. on the nose: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the nose: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the nose: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On the nose: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (On the Nose)

noun:  a 2001 comedy fantasy film.


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