on board

Idioms  

1. Joining in or participating, as in The department head addressed the new employees, saying “Welcome on board,” or The opera company has a new vocal coach on board to help the soloists. This expression alludes to being on or in a vessel, airplane, or other vehicle. [Colloquial; second half of 1900s]

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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 37-year-old man of no fixed abode had been arrested after a "boat that had an emergency responder on board" was damaged in the Channel.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Frankly, it was going to be better than just letting them kind of focus on board feet.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

It’s spending $35 million to back a two-year academy, with other Bay Area tech giants on board.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

A British man who died on board a Singapore Airlines flight suffered a cardiac arrest after the plane was hit by severe turbulence, an inquest has been told.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Following the outcry over the Lusitania, Germany imposed strict limitations on submarine operations, pledging to warn those on board a vessel about to be attacked so they could abandon ship beforehand.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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