be on the track of
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"But a big surprise is always a clue you might be on the track of something."
From Time Magazine Archive
"He would be on the track of his cousin."
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro
If oil can be used to good effect anywhere upon troubled waters, we should judge that it might be on the track of vessels between Tasmania and South New Zealand.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Maturin Murray Ballou
To be on the track of hobgoblin tales—nothing could be more attractive.
From Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo
It is Spinosa's plausible method that has deceived people; they supposed that one who employed geometry, and proceeded by way of axioms and definitions, must be on the track of truth.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley
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