on the premises
idiom
: inside a building or on the area of land that it is on
The hotel has a restaurant on the premises.
No smoking is allowed on the premises.
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Shawnee Mission South High School conducted a lockdown Thursday while police searched for a suspicious person on the premises, police said.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
The store was closed at the time with only employees on the premises.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Staffers were not allowed on the premises, the letter said, and they were required to turn in government property and email accounts were disabled.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
There were changing rooms on the premises, not at the pub down the road, as had sometimes been the case in early professional football.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
The store was closed at the time with only employees on the premises.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025
Staffers were not allowed on the premises, the letter said, and they were required to turn in government property and email accounts were disabled.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
There were changing rooms on the premises, not at the pub down the road, as had sometimes been the case in early professional football.
—Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for on the premises
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“On the premises.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20premises. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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