on message
idiom
: saying things that agree with the official position of a political group or party
The President wants everyone to be/get back on message when giving interviews.
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But as on message as Trump has been, Haisten points out, the tide is going to turn eventually.
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Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 July 2024
In that regard, coming from the razor sharp elbows of New York state politics, Zenia Mucha kept Bob Iger on message and put the fear into the heart of many a journalist during her 2005 to 2021 reign at Disney.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 June 2024
And to be clear, that this has evolved and changed over time, but what QAnon began as is essentially a conspiracy theory that was built up around a series of anonymous posts that appeared on message boards, first on 4chan and then on a message board called 8kun.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
Fi was tech-savvy at an early age, too, documenting her discoveries on a website and relying on message boards and strangers for info.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
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Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 July 2024
In that regard, coming from the razor sharp elbows of New York state politics, Zenia Mucha kept Bob Iger on message and put the fear into the heart of many a journalist during her 2005 to 2021 reign at Disney.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 18 June 2024
And to be clear, that this has evolved and changed over time, but what QAnon began as is essentially a conspiracy theory that was built up around a series of anonymous posts that appeared on message boards, first on 4chan and then on a message board called 8kun.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 May 2024
Fi was tech-savvy at an early age, too, documenting her discoveries on a website and relying on message boards and strangers for info.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2024
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“On message.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20message. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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