just on

phrase

British, informal
: exactly : precisely
It was just on midnight.

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Parker is perpetually just on the verge of manhood — youthful, optimistic, with a somewhat innocent boyish sense of romance. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 The episodes are short, so there’s no excuse not to listen, yet each one is sharp, smart and just on the edge of the box. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 That has set up a dynamic where Toyota is just on it right now. Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 11 July 2026 That makes our finding somewhat reminiscent of the historical discovery of Neptune—or even the more recent inference of a hypothetical Planet X—based just on its gravitational influence on other objects in the solar system. Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for just on

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“Just on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just%20on. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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