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on the radar

on the radar prepositional phrase: likely to happen, or be important in the near future or tending to attract attention.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Likely to happen, or be important in the near future or tending to attract attention.
    • After the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union, space exploration was on the radar of many Americans who had ignored it earlier.

Antonyms of on the radar

Questions about on the radar

What does on the radar mean?
On the radar means likely to happen, or be important in the near future or tending to attract attention.
What part of speech is on the radar?
On the radar is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the radar in the dictionary

  1. on the qt
  2. on the quarter
  3. on the qui vive
  4. on the quiet
  5. on the rack
  6. on the radar
  7. on the rag
  8. on the rail
  9. on the rails
  10. on the rampage
  11. on the ran tan

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