by the numbers

Signification (Anglais)

exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way.

Concepts

au juste

précisement

Synonymes

accurately

just now

on the button

on the dot

on the nose

smack-dab

Traductions

بالضبط

تمامًا

exactament

precisament

justament

talment

haargenau

präzise

tam

accurate

nauwkeurig

zojuist

exactament

Étymologie (Anglais)

The origin of this phrase goes back to the American Revolutionary War where a book containing numbered positions for rifle and bayonet practice was used to train soldiers. In the book, each diagram was numbered.