| 单词 | on purpose |
| 释义 | on purposeSEE SYNONYMS FOR on purpose ON THESAURUS.COM Deliberately, intentionally, as in He left the photo out of the story on purpose. Shakespeare's use of this idiom was among the earliest; it appears in The Comedy of Errors (4:3): “On purpose shut the doors against his way.” accidentally on purpose. Seemingly accidentally but actually deliberately, as in She stepped on his foot accidentally on purpose. This generally jocular phrase was first recorded in 1862. Words nearby on purposeon pain of, on paper, on-peak, on pins and needles, on principle, on purpose, ONR, on-ramp, on-record, on relief, on request 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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