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Idioms and Phrases
Joining in or participating, as in The department head addressed the new employees, saying “Welcome on board,” or The opera company has a new vocal coach on board to help the soloists . This expression alludes to being on or in a vessel, airplane, or other vehicle. [ Colloquial ; second half of 1900s]Example Sentences
"I'm completely on board with the president's sympathies or comments that the Fed has historically been late," he said, adding that he thought stock market falls had been driven primarily by questions about trade policy.
Evans said it was "incredible" when Hardy came on board in the lead role and as a producer.
Delta flight 1213 was set to depart Orlando, famous as the home of Disneyworld, for Atlanta with almost 300 people on board.
BBC News spent a day on board the British royal research ship the Discovery as they searched for clues.
Our station and on board teams carried out the necessary checks before the train was safely dispatched.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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