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on someone's account

because of someone. Don't do it on my account. They were late on Jane's account.

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He ordered his coach to wait at a distance, and desired I would give him an hours audience; which I readily consented to, on account of his quality and personal merits, as well as of the many good offices he had done me during my solicitations at court. Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context I tell you, I regret it on account of others, but I am satisfied on my own account. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context The honest captain is full of vexation on his own account, and solicitude on account of Mr. Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context			Old Nick old one-two old poacher makes the best gamekeeper old warhorse old wives' tale olde-worlde olive omit from on on a diet on a dime on a first-name basis on a fool's errand on a knife-edge on a par with on a pedestal on a power trip on a roll on a shoestring on a silver platter on a slippery slope on a string on a tangent on a tight leash on a wing and a prayer on account on account of on active duty on again, off again on all fours on an empty stomach on an even keel on any account on approval on automatic pilot on balance on behalf of on bended knee on best behavior on board on borrowed time on Broadway on call on campus on case on cloud nine on coat-tails on consignment on course on credit on cue			on a roll on a roll on a roll on a roll on a roll on a roll On a Sensual Note on a shoestring on a short fuse on a short fuse on a short fuse on a short fuze on a short fuze on a short fuze On a Side Note on a silver platter on a silver platter on a silver platter on a slippery slope on a string On a sudden On a suddenty on a suitable scale on a tangent on a tight leash On a Totally Irrelevant Subject On A Totally Unrelated Subject On a wind On a Wing and a Prayer On Accepting First Principles on account on account of on account of on account of on account of on account of on account of on account of this On Account Payment on active duty on advance notice on advance notice with some kind of notification or indication that on again, off again on air on air On Air Activation On Air Promotion ON ALERT on all counts on all fours on all fours on all fours on all fours on all fours On an average on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an empty stomach on an even keel

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