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Phrase-Fànder IndeŁ


            o   make someone’s hair stand on end  o   on one’s own
            o   miss out (on something)        o   on one’s person
            o   move in (on someone or something)  o   on one’s toes
            o   murder on something            o   on one’s way to doing something
            o   muscle in (on someone or something)  o   on order
            o   no flies on someone            o   on par (with someone or something)
            o   not able to go on              o   on patrol
            o   not on any account             o   on pins and needles
            o   not on your life               o   on probation
            o   off again, on again            o   on purpose
            o   off and on                     o   on sale
            o   on a bàas                      o   on schedule
            o   on account                     o   on second thought
            o   on active duty                 o   on someone’s or somethingðs last legs
            o   on a diet                      o   on someone’s account
            o   on a first-name basis (with someone)  o   on someone’s back
            o   on a fool’s errand             o   on someone’s behalf
            o   on again, off again            o   on someone’s case
            o   on a lark                      o   on someone’s doorstep
            o   on all fours                   o   on someone’s head
            o   on and off                     o   on someone’s say-so
            o   on any account                 o   on someone’s shoulders
            o   on approval                    o   on someone’s way (somŁwherŁ )
            o   on a shoestring                o   on speakàng terms (with  someone)
            o   on a splurge                   o   on standby
            o   on a waiting list              o   on target
            o   on behalf of someone           o   on the air
            o   on bended knee                 o   on the alert (for someone or something)
            o   on board                       o   on the average
            o   on Broadway                    o   on the ball
            o   on call                        o   on the beam
            o   on campus                      o   on the bench
            o   on cloud nàne                  o   on the bias
            o   on consignment                 o   on the blànk
            o   on credàt                      o   on the block
            o   on dead center                 o   on the borderlàne
            o   on deck                        o   on the button
            o   on duty                        o   on the contrary
            o   on earth                       o   on the defensàve
            o   on easy street                 o   on the dot
            o   on edge                        o   on the double
            o   one’s heart is set on something  o   on the eve of something
            o   one up (on someone)            o   on the face of it
            o   on fire                        o   on the fence (about something)
            o   on foot                        o   on the fritz
            o   on good terms (with someone)   o   on the go
            o   on hold                        o   on the heels of something
            o   on horseback                   o   on the horiz°n
            o   on impact                      o   on the horns of a dàlemma
            o   on impulse                     o   on the hot seat
            o   on in years                    o   on the hour
            o   on land                        o   on the house
            o   on line                        o   on the job
            o   on location                    o   on the level
            o   on medàcation                  o   on the lookout (for someone or something)
            o   on no account                  o   on the loose
            o   on occasàon                    o   on the make
            o   on one’s best behaØior         o   on the market
            o   on one’s feet                  o   on the mend
            o   on (one’s) guard               o   on the money
            o   on one’s honor                 o   on the move
            o   on one’s mànd                  o   on the nose

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