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upon

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• (upon) my word
• act (up)on
• act on
• advance (up)on
• agree (up)on
• alight (up)on
• arrive (somewhere) (up)on the stroke of
• arrive (up)on the scene
• as you make your bed, so you must lie on it
• base (up)on
• be upon
• bent on
• build on
• by request
• call on
• call upon
• call upon (someone)
• cast (some) light upon (something)
• Cast bread upon the waters
• chance on
• chance upon
• chance upon (someone or something)
• close in
• come across
• come down on
• come on
• come upon
• converge in upon (someone or something)
• count on
• dance attendance (up)on (someone)
• dawn on
• draw on
• dwell on
• enlarge (up)on (something)
• enter on
• enter upon
• fall back on
• fall on
• fortune is smiling (up)on (someone)
• fortune smiles (up)on someone
• frown upon
• gain ground
• get on
• grow on
• hard on
• heaping Pelion upon Ossa
• hinge on
• hit on
• incumbent (up)on (someone)
• incumbent on
• light on
• look askance upon (someone or something)
• look on
• look upon
• look upon as
• make it business to
• on occasion
• on the lookout
• once upon a time
• pawn off
• pile Pelion on Ossa
• pitch on
• pitch upon
• play on
• project on
• put upon
• put upon by
• put upon, be
• seize on
• set at
• set on
• set upon
• settle on
• settle upon (something)
• shed (some) light upon (something)
• sit on
• sit upon
• sit upon hot cockles
• steal a march upon (someone or something)
• steal the march upon (someone or something)
• take it upon oneself
• take it upon to
• the black ox has trod upon (one's) foot
• the black ox has trod upon (one's) toe
• throw (some) light upon (something)
• throw on mercy
• touch on
• turn on
• upon impact
• upon my word
• upon the heels of
• upon the whole
• wait on
• wait upon (someone) hand and foot
• weigh on
• Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?
• work on