on deck
Example Sentences
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Christopher stood on deck as they came into the port, leaning out to watch, Gelifen on his shoulder.
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“Mr. Fleetwood, would you like to join me for a stroll on deck before we depart?”
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Those moves could be consolidated by a host of sector-specific earnings over this holiday-shortened week, with 3M, GE Aerospace, Freeport-McMoRan, and Halliburton all on deck.
From Barron's
Other indicators on deck include trade data and consumer price figures for December, set to be released on Thursday and Friday, respectively.
They lower themselves into one of the few lifeboats, leaving Jim on deck: Should he flee like a rat or wake the sleeping passengers, knowing that they, and he, cannot survive?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.