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exact

verb: to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
verb: to demand and get (something, such as payment or revenge) especially by using force or threats
adjective: fully and completely correct or accurate
adjective: exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard
used in phrases like 'exact a terrible toll' and 'exact a high/heavy price' to say that something has caused a lot of suffering, loss, etc.
synonyms: true, correct, precise

I realize now that I have tried to make my work the 'exact opposite' of my father's. [=to make my work as different as possible from my father's]
He used to be romantic, but now he's the 'exact opposite'. [=now he is not at all romantic]
He came a long way—from Nome, Alaska, 'to be exact'—to attend the wedding.

(..) It's just crazy withdrawal talk. Well, don't you think we should take her to a hospital? I think we're in over our heads here. Okay, I'm giving her the exact same treatment she would get at a hospital. If we leave now, all of this mess would've been for nothing. Ok, what about the wounds (..)
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