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Definition of "right-on" []

  • Slang Up-to-date and sophisticated. (adjective)
  • Slang Absolutely right; perfectly true. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "right-on" in a sentence
  • "He was right-on in his response to the curt and condescending female Senator from California."
  • "It is an empathetic observation the right-on find difficult to swallow, but this is a sport whose dominant female rider is routinely referred to as "the Head-Turner" and whose flagship magazine show, the Morning Line, contained an among‑boys joke about servicing Japanese fillies minutes after Casey and Moore appeared last Saturday."
  • "George Bush was right-on about most things, and this is one of them."
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