Nowhere near exactly what is needed? On the contrary (3,4,2)
I believe the answer is:
far from it
'on the contrary' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for far from it that I've seen before include "On the contrary" , "Well short of objective" , "By no means" , "Ma for rift? Most unlikely, too remote" , "Affirm rot? No way, quite remote" .)