pot on

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to transfer (a plant) to a larger flowerpot

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Example Sentences

“They saw it when the jam was just a pot on the stove, bubbling,” she says of how Archie, 6, and Lili have watched the evolution of As Ever.

From MarketWatch

Long, 54th in the world rankings, had to battle through three qualifying rounds to get to York and avoided a 6-0 defeat with a fortunate pot on the pink in the sixth frame, but could not fight back against Zhao.

From BBC

Penelope peeked into the pot on the stove—porridge with jam, excellent!—but turned her attention to the walls.

From Literature

The conversation ends, he puts the coffee pot on, the phone rings again: It’s Sontag.

From The Wall Street Journal

My parents would entertain a lot and I had a habit of getting underfoot, so what our chef or my mom would do was get one of our giant rice pots and plant me in it, so I couldn't really get out of it and I would just stand there in the pot on the floor watching him and my mom cook and get ready for the 50 people coming over for a party that night.

From Salon