on the block

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on the block (American)

if something is on the block, it is for sale, especially at an auction (= a sale where the person who offers most money for something can buy it). The best pieces of furniture from the old mansion are going on the block next month. The Seattle radio station has been on the block for a year with no offers to buy it.

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When all the Counselors and Courtiers had assembled--and these seemed to include most of the inhabitants of the kingdom--the King rapped on the block for order and said: The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context he said, and taking up the axe with his right hand he laid the forefinger of his left hand on the block, swung the axe, and struck with it below the second joint. Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context More results

References in classic literature

When all the Counselors and Courtiers had assembled--and these seemed to include most of the inhabitants of the kingdom--the King rapped on the block for order and said:

The Emerald City of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

he said, and taking up the axe with his right hand he laid the forefinger of his left hand on the block, swung the axe, and struck with it below the second joint.

Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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