op die kop, adverbial phrase

/ˌɔp di ˈkɔp/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, op on + die the + kop head.
colloquial
Of time: ‘on the dot’, precisely.
1965 S. Dederick Tickey 56We leave one hour from now — op die kop. Don’t be late, Tickey.
1970 M. Wolfaardt Informant, StilfonteinIt is six o’clock op die kop.
1971 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)I’ll serve tea in Mrs Kelly’s room at 10.30 op die kop.
1972 C. Payne on Radio South Africa 30 MayThe time is exactly, op die kop, twenty to nine.
1973 D. Berry on Radio South Africa 21 MayAt the next stroke of the gong it will be exactly — op die kop — a quarter past seven.
1975 C. Fortune on Radio South Africa Feb.Time: 7.30 op die kop.
1989 M. Glyn in Fair Lady 18 Feb. 149Lunch begins at one, op die kop, as they say, mainly out of consideration for the servants, who must be given time off to eat their own Sunday lunch.
‘on the dot’, precisely.
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oorskiet, nounn.open, adjectiveadj.
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