cast on

verb

cast on; casting on; casts on

transitive verb

: to place (stitches) on a knitting needle for beginning or enlarging knitted work

Examples of cast on in a Sentence

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Election night results released by Alameda County election officials included about 48,000 votes cast on the recall question, a small portion of all the ballots that will be counted by the election’s end. Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024 Georgia shattered records with more than 300,000 ballots cast on the first day of early voting. Juliann Ventura, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024 Ballots cast on election day and in the last day or so will take longer, and official results from the state are likely to take 10 to 13 days, Fontes said, though media projections may come much earlier. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 Hours later, she would be named as part of the season 33 cast on Good Morning America. Esther Kang, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cast on 

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cast on was in 1840

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“Cast on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20on. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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