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- on account of
on account of
on account of something
because of something Mrs. Popper's vacation in Frankfurt had to be cancelled on account of her husband's illness.
on account of
Owing to, because of the fact that, as in We canceled the beach picnic on account of the bad weather forecast. This idiom was first recorded in 1936.
on account of
Because of; for the sake of: "We got married on account of the baby" (Anne Tyler).