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on deck

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on deck
1. if someone is on deck, they are present and ready to do something. Bill's batting next - tell him to get on deck. Ann, if you can be on deck at 9.00 I'll give you a lift to the meeting.
2. alive. Don't tell me old Bill's still on deck. I thought he died years ago.
See also: deck

on deck
ready or available. The TV audience expects something good on deck after the news.
Etymology: based on the idea of being on the deck (= flat surface) of a ship, ready for whatever must be done
See also: deck

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In addition to these--and they were all on deck, chattering and piping in queer, almost elfish, falsetto voices--were the two white men, Captain Van Horn and his Danish mate, Borckman, making a total of seventy-nine souls.
Such abrupt arrest in mid-flight by the heavier dog brought the fox-terrier down on deck with, a heavy thump.
For the Captain says if we go on deck we may be blown overboard.
 
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