pot on

British  

verb

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

Last month, Flo Beaumon, vice president of Catholic Housing Services, told a State Senate housing committee about how a tenant in one of the group’s projects had left a pot on the stove, triggering a small fire.

From New York Times

The world number 29 was heavily punished for misses on a long green and black off its spot in the afternoon, and a curious attempted safety on the green - moments after sinking a sensational pot on the yellow - proved pivotal on Saturday evening.

From BBC