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If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.
Randy Weber

Meaning of "dead on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEAD ON

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEAD ON

dead load
dead loss
dead man walking
dead man´s fingers
dead man´s handle
dead man´s pedal
dead march
dead marine
dead matter
dead men
dead point
dead president
dead reckoning
dead ringer
Dead Sea
Dead Sea Scrolls
dead season
dead set
dead soldier
dead stock

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEAD ON

crooked on
draw a bead on
end on
grind on
hand on
have a load on
have one´s head screwed on
have the wood on
head on
hold on
lead on
not have a leg to stand on
off and on
on and on
put the hard word on
put the lid on
round on
sold on
stand on

Synonyms and antonyms of dead on in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «dead on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEAD ON

Find out the translation of dead on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dead on from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dead on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

死亡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muerto en
570 millions of speakers

English

dead on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मृत पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالرصاص يوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

умер на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mortos em
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মারা খাঁ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mort sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mati pada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tot auf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死んだ上で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽음 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறந்தவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üzerinde ölü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

morto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żyje na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

помер на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mort pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

döda på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

døde på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dead on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD ON»

The term «dead on» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.686 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEAD ON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dead on

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5 QUOTES WITH «DEAD ON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dead on.
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Ralph Abernathy
I went to jail 44 times. I've been beaten and left for dead on the side of the road fighting for freedom... Yet Rosa Parks is better known in history than Ralph David Abernathy. Why is that?
2
Daniel Clowes
You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if it's connecting with you, it seems very dead on the page sometimes.
3
Dennis Nilsen
In the morning he was lying dead on one of the beds fully clothed. He was dead. I got the impression he wanted to go, and I must have killed him. I can't remember strangling him. I just sat there shocked.
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Tom Verica
There are days when I am just dead on the floor, and I'm there in my makeup, and that's getting a little tiring.
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Randy Weber
If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEAD ON»

Discover the use of dead on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dead on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dead on Arrival: The Politics of Health Care in ...
Acknowledgments. Like the health care system it describes, this book reflects a tangle of material, intellectual, and political influences. For the book at least, the intervention of these third parties has been most welcome. I can offer only the ...
Colin Gordon, 2009
2
Dead on Demand: The Best of Ghost Story Weekend
For a decade, writers have assembled at the misty, mysterious Oregon coast to write ghost stories. The agenda is simple: Write a ghost story during the weekend.
Elizabeth Engstrom, 2001
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"The Tibetan Book of the Dead": A Biography
The central character in this story is Walter Evans-Wentz (1878-1965), an eccentric scholar and spiritual seeker from Trenton, New Jersey, who, despite not knowing the Tibetan language and never visiting the country, crafted and named The ...
Donald S. Lopez Jr., 2011
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Dead On: The Long-Range Marksman's Guide to Extreme Accuracy
This hands-on manual walks the shooter through every step required to become a true long-range marksman, from understanding minute-of-angle principles and selecting a rifle, caliber and cartridge to mounting and zeroing a scope, estimating ...
Tony M. Noblitt, Warren Gabrilska, 1998
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Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires
This Wesleyan paperback edition includes an extensive preface by the author unveiling some of the new cases he’s learned about since Food for the Dead was first published in 2001.
Michael E. Bell, 2011
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Living with the Dead: Twenty Years on the Bus with Garcia ...
Scully tells the story of the band with genuine feeling; the tour disasters, acid trips, and burnouts, but most importantly the exaltation of delivering fantastic music.
Rock Scully, 2001
7
The Presence of the Dead on the Spiritual Path: Seven ...
Seven Lectures Held in Various Cities Between April 17 and May 26, 1914 Rudolf Steiner Joachim Reuter. individual who had left the physical world in 1904 entered more and more into our artistic work on the Munich plays. To describe what ...
Rudolf Steiner, Joachim Reuter, 1990
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Dead on Delivery
Eileen Rendahl. werewolves need if they're going to be around'Danes, as we call those people who think they inhabit a world without magic or mythical creatures. You wouldn't want a werewolf without a pack around other Arcanes for that ...
Eileen Rendahl, 2011
9
Dead on the Delta
Libby was dead on— the sweet cream butter tames the slightly sour rhubarb into pure fantasticness. I stab another bite, and then another, cursing myself for waiting twenty-eight years to try rhubarb. “Good?” she asks, uncertainty lingering in ...
Stacey Jay, 2011
10
"Dead on the field of honor"
hosts laying down their arms at the feet of these same conquerors. I Bay to you, that History has not seen a sight like this.* These are the men you may count on for loyalty — the men -who have learned their lessons at the cannon's lips, and to  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEAD ON»

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Millions share story of mystery girl found dead on beach
A computer-generated composite image depicting the likeness of the young girl found dead in Boston Harbor. Photo: AP. BOSTON — In her ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
2
Missing hiker found dead on Camelback Mountain
Missing hiker found dead on Camelback Mountain ... late Tuesday afternoon that a hiker had been found dead on Camelback Mountain. «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
3
Homeless man found dead on porch of abandoned Miami-Dade …
A homeless man was found dead Tuesday night outside an abandoned southwest Miami-Dade County home. Miami-Dade police said they received a 911 call ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
4
Dogs found shot dead on southern Md. farm; owners search for killers
It is with great sadness and I can't articulate our grief and violation. We found Benelli and Bear today and it wasn't good news. They were shot ... «MyFox Washington DC, Jul 15»
5
Two 17 year-olds found mysteriously dead on Turkey beach
Turkish gendarmes have found two bodies in a beach in Turkey's western coastal region of Kocaeli on Wednesday. One of the bodies was ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
6
One dead in rollover wreck on U.S. 90 in Gulfport
Gulfport Fire Department had to extract the male driver, and he was pronounced dead on the scene by Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
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Flint-area Deadhead returns to Chicago for 'surreal,' final Grateful …
He was an on-again, off-again Deadhead — one of the dedicated fans who would follow the Grateful Dead on their constant touring since the ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
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Officer Describes Finding Britons Dead On Beach
Officer Describes Finding Britons Dead On Beach. Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found nearly naked and several metres apart, the ... «Sky News, Jul 15»
9
Yemen Violence Leaves 130 Dead in Two Days
... 10 people on Tuesday on the heels of one of the bloodiest days so far in the Saudi-led air campaign, which left at least 120 dead on Monday. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
10
Woman, girl found dead on railway track in UP
A woman and a girl were today found dead on a railway track near Colonelganj railway station here, police said. Bodies of the woman aged ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»

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