Antonyms for on the noseon the nose

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1. on the noseadjective

   Exact; precise; appropriate.

   His estimate that they would consume 23 boxes was on the nose.

   Synonyms:
   on the button, on the dot

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1. on the nose, on the buttonadverb

   being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion

   "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"

   Antonyms:
   imprecise

   Synonyms:
   on the button

2. precisely, exactly, on the nose, on the dot, on the buttonadverb

   just as it should be

   "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"

   Antonyms:
   imprecise

   Synonyms:
   exactly, incisively, on the dot, on the button, precisely, just

How to use on the nose in a sentence?

1. George Strait:

   We’re just trying to get people to try it, you know, so many people have a little phobia about drinking tequila. [ They think ] it's going to be nasty, you're going to hold your nose and drink it down as fast as you can and suck on a lime and lick some salt — but our tequila certainly isn't that way.

2. William Shatner:

   Three minutes in the weightlessness of space, and the beauty of this oasis of Earth, and -- I was planning on pressing my nose against the window, you know, and my only hope was I wouldn't see somebody else looking back.

3. Chris Murphy:

   We’re making body-to-body contact, instead of getting close to it and making a big explosion, what we do is actually, the nose of our missile hits the part of the incoming round that we want to hit.

4. Resident Yitz Dekel:

   And my neighbors, some in ill health, had major coughing and irritation in the eyes and throat. Some had nose bleeding.

5. Yitz Dekel:

   We had, especially for my wife, some dizziness, then in my case inexplicable fatigue. And my neighbors, some in ill health, had major coughing and irritation in the eyes and throat. Some had nose bleeding.

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