on notice
idiom
formal
: warned or told about something
The police are on notice to have more security at the concert.
She put us on notice that she would not be available for interviews until after the trial.
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Trump should put the Pentagon and the defense industry on notice about the need to act.
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Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on notice Friday after reports seemingly linking the Health and Human Services nominee to an effort to revoke the polio vaccine.
—Stef W. Kight, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
At the time of the recall, the FDA, which is charged with protecting Americans from unsafe drugs, was already on notice about troubles at Glenmark.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Credit to Goldenvoice for putting Ghostface Killah’s name in a bigger font than Action Bronson’s just before Ghost put his impersonator on notice.
—Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on notice Friday after reports seemingly linking the Health and Human Services nominee to an effort to revoke the polio vaccine.
—Stef W. Kight, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
At the time of the recall, the FDA, which is charged with protecting Americans from unsafe drugs, was already on notice about troubles at Glenmark.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 12 Dec. 2024
Credit to Goldenvoice for putting Ghostface Killah’s name in a bigger font than Action Bronson’s just before Ghost put his impersonator on notice.
—Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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“On notice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20notice. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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