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smack-dab

[smak-dab] / ˈsmækˈdæb /
ADVERB
directly
Synonyms
WEAK
as a crow flies bang beeline dead direct due exactly fair flush just plump precisely right slam-bang slap smack square squarely straight straightly undeviatingly unswervingly without deviation

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For the last few days, smack dab in the middle of his long-awaited breakthrough at USC, Arenas was sick.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

We’re smack dab in the middle of 2010 again.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

“This is smack dab in the middle of the growing season so anything that was ready to harvest was pulled. Whatever was left was lost,” Guild said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

“We are smack dab in the middle of search and rescue and we’ll continue to put every available asset that we have to find the Titan.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 21, 2023

“Oh, sir—” the lieutenant grinned—“a lovely spot. Safest place on the battlefield. Right smack dab in the center of the line. Very quiet there.”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara