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be on

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Verb1.be on - appear in a show, on T.V. or radio; "The news won't be on tonight"
get on
air - be broadcast; "This show will air Saturdays at 2 P.M."


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He was afraid to try to go through his companion's pockets, however; and besides the cabbie might be on the watch.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
On some such morning, when three or four vessels happen to have arrived at once usually from Africa or South America -- or to be on the verge of their departure thitherward, there is a sound of frequent feet passing briskly up and down the granite steps.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Not ignoring what is good, I am quick to perceive a horror, and could still be social with it--would they let me --since it is but well to be on friendly terms with all the inmates of the place one lodges in.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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