on the dot

idiom

informal

: exactly at a particular time

She arrived at 3 o'clock on the dot.

I expect you to be here on the dot of 5.

Examples of on the dot in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Then, at 9 p.m. on the dot, attendees were ushered into a cavernous aircraft hangar, which had been transformed for the night into a lavish dining room, with tables draped in gold silks and teeming floral centerpieces that hid buckets stocked with Champagne on ice. —Liam Hess, Vogue, 2 Sep. 2024

Sure, train arrivals every eight minutes on average don’t imply every eight minutes on the dot. —Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 18 Jan. 2024

The beautiful Venus moves into blazing Aries at 12:00 am EDT on the dot, reinvigorating our social interactions and introducing modern forms of revenue. —Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2024

At five o’clock on the dot, my father poured vodka sodas for himself and my grandma. —Holly Solem, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2024