on a diet

*on a diet

trying to lose weight by eating less food or specific foods. (*Typically: be ~; go ~; put someone ~; stay ~.) I didn't eat any cake because I'm on a diet. I'm getting too heavy. I'll have to go on a diet. I have a lot of trouble staying on a diet.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Merita	me-REE-tah	Esperanto
Denholm	-	English (Rare)
Edwena	-	English (Rare)
Ursa	-	Late Roman
Bruce	[bru:s]
Timon	TIE-mən (English), TEE-mawn (Dutch)	Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin, Dutch