“on the”

The following 186 entries include the term on the.

Entries 76–90 of 186
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on the cutting-room floor

idiom

: removed from a movie or television show often used figuratively

on the day

idiom

: on the day that an event happens

on the debit side

idiom

: in the section of a financial record where debits are written

on the decline

idiom

: becoming worse in condition or less in size, amount, number, etc. : declining

on the decrease

idiom

: becoming less in size, amount, number, etc. : decreasing

on the docket

idiom

: on a list of legal cases to be heard by a court

on the dole

idiom

: receiving money that a government (especially the British government) gives to people who do not have jobs or who are very poor

on the dot

idiom

: exactly at a particular time

on the dotted line

idiom

: in full acceptance of a written statement or agreement

on the downside

idiom

: when one considers the disadvantages

on the drawing board

idiom

: being created

on the edge of a precipice

idiom

: very close to a bad or dangerous situation

on the edge of

idiom

: very close to (something)

on the edge of one's seat

idiom

: watching or listening to something with great interest especially because one does not know what is going to happen

on the face of it

idiom

: from only what is known at first

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