on the part of (someone)
idiom
: by or from (someone)
It was a good effort on the part of all the students.
There is a lot of sympathy for the accused woman on the part of the public.
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This timidity on the part of the powerful is a misguided and losing strategy.
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Physical resistance is not required on the part of the victim to demonstrate lack of consent.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
The appearance of impropriety on the part of a president whose idiosyncratic personal actions are driving Wall Street lurches is a charge that can be made right now.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
In February, sources close to the situation said Flos B&B Italia Group, which owns vanguard brands B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto and Arclinea, is entertaining informal offers for parts of the company, on the part of its majority shareholders funds Investindustrial and the Carlyle Group.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Physical resistance is not required on the part of the victim to demonstrate lack of consent.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2025
The appearance of impropriety on the part of a president whose idiosyncratic personal actions are driving Wall Street lurches is a charge that can be made right now.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
In February, sources close to the situation said Flos B&B Italia Group, which owns vanguard brands B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto and Arclinea, is entertaining informal offers for parts of the company, on the part of its majority shareholders funds Investindustrial and the Carlyle Group.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on the part of (someone)
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“On the part of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20part%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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