cast on

verb

cast on; casting on; casts on

transitive verb

: to place (stitches) on a knitting needle for beginning or enlarging knitted work

Examples of cast on in a Sentence

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Warner’s ankle appeared to be dislocated, and he was carted off the field with an air cast on. Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025 Deliver Me from Nowhere at the New York Film Festival, Hoffman — who stars as Adele alongside Jeremy Allen White as The Boss — shared that the subject himself visited the cast on set. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025 Now, there is some reason for hesitance here, mainly because Raymond could be playing with a rotating cast on his line’s left wing this season. Max Bultman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 What had started as one episode of the MTV show 16 and Pregnant, which the South Dakota native filmed as a senior in high school in 2009, turned into a career in the spotlight when she was cast on the spinoff. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cast on

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cast on was in 1840

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“Cast on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20on. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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