12-letter words starting with on
- on a bowline — beating close to the wind
- on a tangent — on a completely different or divergent course, esp of thought
- on aggregate — If one team beats another on aggregate, it wins because it has a higher total score than the other team after a series of games.
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- on behalf of — in / on behalf of, as a representative of or a proxy for: On behalf of my colleagues, I address you tonight.
- on one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- on one's pat — alone; on one's own
- on one's tod — on one's own
- on principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
- on probation — under the supervision of a probation officer
- on sb's part — If you talk about a feeling or action on someone's part, you are referring to something that they feel or do.
- on sb's side — If you are on someone's side, you are supporting them in an argument or a war.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- on soundings — in waters less than 100 fathoms in depth
- on suspicion — as a suspect
- on the alert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- on the bench — a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park.
- on the blink — to open and close the eye, especially involuntarily; wink rapidly and repeatedly.
- on the block — for sale at auction
- on the books — registered
- on the brain — constantly in mind
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- on the cards — likely
- on the cheap — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- on the couch — undergoing psychoanalysis
- on the cross — diagonally
- on the fence — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- on the fritz — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- on the house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- on the latch — fastened by the latch (sense 1) but not locked or bolted
- on the level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- on the loose — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- on the money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- on the outer — excluded or neglected
- on the panel — receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government
- on the phone — having a telephone conversation
- on the prowl — to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- on the quiet — If something is done on the quiet, it is done secretly or in such a way that people do not notice it.
- on the rocks — a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- on the ropes — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- on the shelf — a thin slab of wood, metal, etc., fixed horizontally to a wall or in a frame, for supporting objects.
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- on the skite — on a drinking spree
- on the slate — on credit
- on the stick — alert, efficient, etc.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- on the table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- on the tiles — on a spree, esp of drinking or debauchery
- on the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
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