on the part of (someone)
idiom
: by or from (someone)
It was a good effort on the part of all the students.
There is a lot of sympathy for the accused woman on the part of the public.
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This early ambiguity is often strategic on the part of the perpetrator.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Our mayor and governor try to scapegoat the president’s policies for the financial disasters that decades of fiscal incompetence and mismanagement on the part of City Hall and Springfield have placed in the lap of taxpayers.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Like any audience suggestion, that means the makeup can go to wildly unexpected places, as a function of both pure inventiveness on the part of the comedians in each episode and the playful collection of props and toys the show offers up to them.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Physical resistance is not required on the part of the victim to demonstrate lack of consent.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
Our mayor and governor try to scapegoat the president’s policies for the financial disasters that decades of fiscal incompetence and mismanagement on the part of City Hall and Springfield have placed in the lap of taxpayers.
—Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Like any audience suggestion, that means the makeup can go to wildly unexpected places, as a function of both pure inventiveness on the part of the comedians in each episode and the playful collection of props and toys the show offers up to them.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 12 June 2025
Physical resistance is not required on the part of the victim to demonstrate lack of consent.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
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“On the part of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20part%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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