Definition of On that

1. Adverb. On that. "Text and commentary thereon"

Exact synonyms: On It, Thereon

Lexicographical Neighbors of On That

on serve
on side
on sight
on site
on someone's account
on spec
on steroids
on strike
on sufferance
on tap
on tap(p)
on tape
on target
on tender hooks
on tenterhooks
on that (current term)
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

Literary usage of On that

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

1. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"Though they were all instructed on that occasion with the same discourse, it is narrated that "as many as were ordained to eternal life, believed. ..."

2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"I put on that phosphate that I was telling you about a minute ago. ... Put on in 1906 and no results until 1910 when I put my clover on. That clover is ..."

3. 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 (1913)
"I have not talked with anyone on that subject since the death of the late ... As good an authority as I know on that subject, and particularly on inlaid ..."

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