On bended knee
Humbly, pleading, as in They’re desperate for funds; they’re asking for contributions on bended knee. This expression alludes to a traditional attitude of supplication. Bended, the past tense of bend, survives only in this idiom, elsewhere having been replaced by bent. [ Mid-1600s ]
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[on-bawrd, -bohrd, awn-] /ˈɒnˈbɔrd, -ˈboʊrd, ˈɔn-/ adjective 1. provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship’s many on-board services. 2. installed and functional within a vehicle: on-board computers for aircraft. adjective See on-board adjective ready and willing to participate; also written onboard adj. 1966 as one word, from on + board (n.2).
- On-board
[on-bawrd, -bohrd, awn-] /ˈɒnˈbɔrd, -ˈboʊrd, ˈɔn-/ adjective 1. provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle: among the ship’s many on-board services. 2. installed and functional within a vehicle: on-board computers for aircraft. adjective ready and willing to participate; also written onboard
- On book
adverb, adjective Roberts is still on book. Examples 1984
- Onc
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- On-camera
[on-kam-er-uh, -kam-ruh, awn-] /ˈɒnˈkæm ər ə, -ˈkæm rə, ˈɔn-/ adjective, adverb 1. within the range of a motion-picture or television camera; while being filmed or televised: on-camera blunders; The assassination happened on-camera.