not on

phrase

British, informal

1

: not acceptable or proper

Cheating old ladies out of their savings just isn't on.

2

: not possible

I'm afraid that scheme's just not on.

Examples of not on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The real mystery here is Terrell Anderson, who was dressed and not on the injury report, but didn’t play a single snap on offense. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Bell and linebacker Dee Winters were not on the same page on back-to-back plays. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026

Eze, who is not on the football team, is being held in Massachusetts until he can be brought to Rhode Island to face a murder charge. — Gustavo Atencio Flores, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

And strangely, those performances talk to each other in a really interesting way and fill out both characters in a way that was completely unexpected and not on the page at all. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for not on

• anton
• argon
• axon
• baronne
• baryon
• baton
• boron
• buisson
• bygone
• capon
• cardon
• chiffon