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on
preposition- (used of a drug) under the influence of US, 1925
- You don’t sound too goddamn sane yourself. What are you on, anyway? — Gurney Norman, Divine Right’s Trip (Last Whole Earth Catalog), p. 191, 1971
- so as to affect or disadvantage IRELAND, 1880
- And hey, if Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to lay all that empire stuff on me, why can’t she write to me herself. — The Guardian, 27 November 2003
- to the detriment of, or the disadvantage of, or the ruin of, etc UK
- [S]he had only gone and got married on me. — Diran Adebayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 115, 2000
- at or in (a place) AUSTRALIA, 1853
- Everything related to Gubba was “on” not “in”. You were born “on” Gubba, worked “on” Gubba, died “on” Gubba. — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 11, 1962
- — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 39, 2003
- to be paid for by US, 1871
- The tuna melts are on me. — The Guardian, 31 May 2003
▶ be on about
to talk in such a manner that the speaker is not entirely understood or listened to by the auditor UK, 1984
As in, “What’s he on about now?”.▶ be on at
to nag, to constantly reprove UK, 1974- I know I should be better organised, my Dad’s always on at me. — The Guardian, 8 March 2003
▶ go on about; be on about
to grumble; to complain, especially loudly; to talk on a subject for far too long UK, 1863- Stick it, Mr Blair– and Mrs Queen, stop going on about the empire. — The Guardian, 27 November 2003
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