on board
Adjective
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Adjective
on board (not comparable)
- On or in a means of transportation.
- Baby on board
- Even when I am on board the plane, I can never feel secure that my luggage is, too.
- 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828 ↗:
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
- (idiomatic) Joining in or participating.
- Is that new teammate properly on board yet?
- (idiomatic) Agreeing or supporting.
- It’s a good idea, but let’s see if we can get a few more of the management team on board.
- (idiomatic) Into itself or oneself.
- 1991, David R. Lamb, Melvin H. Williams, Ergogenics: Enhancement of Performance in Exercise and Sport
- Soccer players certainly tend not to take fluids on board.
- 1991, David R. Lamb, Melvin H. Williams, Ergogenics: Enhancement of Performance in Exercise and Sport
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