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on the town

on the town prepositional phrase: casually enjoying the nightlife of a town or city.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Casually enjoying the nightlife of a town or city.
    • They went out for a night on the town, but it turned into a pub crawl.
    • They were on the town nearly until dawn.
    Synonyms:
    on the tiles

Synonyms of on the town

Questions about on the town

What does on the town mean?
On the town means casually enjoying the nightlife of a town or city.
What part of speech is on the town?
On the town is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the town in the dictionary

  1. on the tenters
  2. on the tiles
  3. on the tip of one's tongue
  4. on the tools
  5. on the toss of a coin
  6. on the town
  7. on the trot
  8. on the turf
  9. on the turn
  10. on the turps
  11. on the up

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