on the Hill

1. A phrase referring to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. , where Congress meets: “They're debating that nuclear waste issue on the Hill today.”

Example Sentences

Greenford, near Harrow-on-the-Hill, had quite recently a worthy inhabitant who was a gardener and presumably a beekeeper also.

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A specimen of what may be turned in this line is to be seen on a tombstone in the picturesque churchyard of Harrow-on-the-Hill.

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This time she had not called him "The Man-on-the-Hill," and there was no suggestion of playfulness in the note.

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"You must hear my prayer, Uncle Man-on-the-Hill," said the boy.

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Burleigh-on-the-Hill, the stately seat on which the first duke had lavished thousands, had been taken by the Roundheads.

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