on order

Idioms and Phrases

Requested but not yet delivered, as in Our new sofa is on order . This term is always used for goods of some kind, the noun order having been used in the sense of “a commission for goods” since the early 1800s.

Example Sentences

You havent much excuse to bear me any ill will, seein as it was your own hand which shot the move-on order into me.

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