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on one's person

on one's person prepositional phrase: held on one's physical body.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (formal) Held on one's physical body.
    • You cannot have a smartphone on your person during the exam.
    • Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang.2004, The New York Times

Forms of on one's person

alternative formabout one's person

Questions about on one's person

What does on one's person mean?
On one's person means held on one's physical body.
What part of speech is on one's person?
On one's person is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on one's person in the dictionary

  1. on one's P's
  2. on one's part
  3. on one's pat
  4. on one's Pat Malone
  5. on one's period
  6. on one's person
  7. on one's plate
  8. on one's Ps
  9. on one's side
  10. on one's tod
  11. on one's todd

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