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Lexicographical Neighbors of

on that point
on the Q.T.
on the QT
on the air
on the alert
on the alert(p)
on the anvil
on the average
on the back burner
on the back foot
on the back of
on the ball
on the bench
on the bias
on the blink
on the books (current term)
on the bounce
on the brain
on the brink
on the bubble
on the cards
on the carpet
on the cheap
on the clock
on the coattails
on the come
on the contrary
on the cuff
on the cutting room floor

Literary usage of

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Facts affecting some of the assets and the amounts of some of the liabilities have not been recorded on the books and do not appear on the ledger. ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The certificates show that the stock was transferable on the books of the bank, but that it was transferable only on the surrender of the certificates. ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... and standing on the books of the bank in the name of Solomon & Company, were in fact owned by Harris ; and that Solomon merely purchased said shares for ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1905)
"Such duties cause an unnecessary increase in the cost of nine- teen-twentieths of the books sold in this market, while the duty on the books themselves ..."

5. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Hut о subscription on the books o/ the company was unnecessary, ... There was no subscription on the books of the company ; but the Court of Appeals said: ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... the scattered records of English statecraft and literature, and of the decorative art bestowed so lavishly on the books of public and private devotion, ..."

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