hit the nail on the head
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- 1To pinpoint something exactly, naming the real point or cause and arriving at precisely the right answer.
Like a key that turns the lock on the very first try.
The consultant hit the nail on the head when she traced the delays to poor scheduling.
In one blunt sentence, the review hit the nail on the head about why the film fell flat.
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