"on target" meaning in English

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          "text": "The second quartile's figures were right on target.",
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          "ref": "1983 December 24, Nancy Walker, “Pachyderms: A Delightful Regression”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 14:",
          "text": "But the elephants so moved me yesterday that I wanted very much to go [to the circus] again. My sother recognized that when she spoke to me on the phone and after the show she said, \"I know when I'm dealing with a three-year old.\" She was exactly on target, as always.",
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        "Accurate, or accurately predicted."
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          "sense": "with accuracy",
          "word": "εὔστοχος"
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          "text": "Everton went close late on but managed just one attempt on target all match.",
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        "Towards the goal."
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        "(sports, of a shot) Towards the goal."
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  "word": "on target"
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        "(sports, of a shot) Towards the goal."
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      "word": "spot on"
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      "word": "εὔστοχος"
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  "word": "on target"
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