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Meaning of on deck | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. On the deck of a ship, especially of a captain or officer; in charge.
  2. Being the batter who will be up next, typically when that player is waiting on the field.

Equivalents

Français sur le pont

Examples

“In every sense of the expression he is ‘on deck’; but my Jim, for the most part, skulked down below as though he had been a stowaway.”
“Jones is the on-deck batter.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

on deck circle on demand on display on dit on drive on duty

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