on board

Idioms and Phrases

Joining in or participating, as in The department head addressed the new employees, saying “Welcome on board,” or The opera company has a new vocal coach on board to help the soloists . This expression alludes to being on or in a vessel, airplane, or other vehicle. [ Colloquial ; second half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

Everything went smoothly, until the end of the second week: the on-board water filtration system failed.

From The Daily Beast

And, of the single, phone-obsessed fliers, who will actually be willing to cruise for an on-board bang?

From The Daily Beast

You could also carry it on-board: The image was published in an edition of 200, and came folded up in a book-size box.

From The Daily Beast

It was that terrible once-on-board-the-lugger-and-the-girl-is-mine-I-must-and-shall-possess-her feeling in its most acute form.

From Project Gutenberg

Should you like a "Once-on-board-the-lugger-and-the-girl-is-mine" sort of villain as a lover?

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If Free-on-Board is a professional grain gambler, hit him on the head.

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Henry earl of Northumberland likewise joined the fleet, on-board a vessel hired by himself.

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