slap bang


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slap-bang
adverb (Informal) exactly, directly, precisely, bang, slap (informal), smack (informal), plumb (informal) Of course, slap-bang in the middle of town, rents are high.
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THIS modern Grade II listed one bedroom apartment, enjoys a prime position slap bang in the in the centre of Beaumaris town.
RATINGS "Now our show is slap bang in between Corrie and Emmerdale it's great for the ratings, and now it's back on TV3 which is brilliant."
WHERE AND WHY A beautiful boutique hotel slap bang in the middle of Cambridge, with a spa and a rooftop terrace bar overlooking the River Cam and all the celebrated colleges of the famous university.
But when she becomes the only witness to a fellow tourist's death, she finds herself slap bang in the middle of a murder investigation.
But when she becomes the only witness to a fellow tourist's death - seemingly thrown from his hotel balcony in the middle of the night - she finds herself slap bang in the middle of a murder investigation.
The striker got his dates mixed up for the start of the new season and booked a holiday slap bang in the middle of pre-season.
"To score slap bang in front of that many Boro fans and seeing them all go crazy was an amazing feeling.
"I'd write it slap bang in the middle of the list of leagues and cups they've won, in a different coloured ink and perhaps a special font, just to underline its jarring presence.' "I thought about quitting because, after Istanbul, nothing made sense any more.
Uht (pronounced oot) is 'the restless hour before the dawn', while ceare (pronounced key-are-a) is the Old English word for 'care and sorrow' - emotions that have an annoying habit of striking us slap bang in the middle of the uht.
15/20 ATMOSPHERE Underrated, traditional bar which despite being at the end of Western Lane is slap bang in the middle of Mumbles Road.
"We feel the toilets are well used by tourists and if they had closed they would have been an empty shell slap bang in the middle of the square."