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on one's bill

on one's bill prepositional phrase: alone, on one's own.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Northern England, idiomatic) Alone, on one's own.
    • Cygan was only used to sitting on his bill in the changing room cos he was too shit to make it into Arsenal's defence.2009, The 5th Bentinal, Is the title gone now?, The Liverpool Way

Origin of on one's bill

From Billy no mates.

Questions about on one's bill

What does on one's bill mean?
On one's bill means alone, on one's own.
What part of speech is on one's bill?
On one's bill is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on one's bill in the dictionary

  1. on offer
  2. on one hand
  3. on one's back
  4. on one's beam ends
  5. on one's behaviour
  6. on one's bill
  7. on one's conscience
  8. on one's deathbed
  9. on one's feet
  10. on one's game
  11. on one's guard

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