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on one's conscience

on one's conscience prepositional phrase: making somebody feel guilty.

Prepositional phrase

  1. making somebody feel guilty.
    • to have something on one's conscience
    • to be on someone's conscience

Questions about on one's conscience

What does on one's conscience mean?
On one's conscience means making somebody feel guilty.
What part of speech is on one's conscience?
On one's conscience is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on one's conscience in the dictionary

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

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