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English
Prepositional phrase
on someone's dime
- (idiomatic) At the monetary expense of the person indicated.
1995 December 22, Adam Green, “If Holden Caulfield Spent a Weekend in Today's Manhattan”, in New York Times, retrieved 3 June 2019:They challenged my knowledge of the book, suggested that my article would inevitably be lousy and concluded that J. D. Salinger would be disgusted by what I was doing—all the while drinking on my dime.
2001 September 23, John Cloud, “The Plot Comes Into Focus”, in Time, retrieved 3 June 2019:Their simple lives contrast sharply with the multimillion-dollar rumors surrounding Osama bin Laden. […] [T]hey weren't living large on his dime.
2011 December 19, Sebastian Doggart, “Green Card, Golden Ticket”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 3 June 2019:But if you’re a Haitian, Mexican, or Brit and you step on American soil and are then detained by US officials, without a visa, you’ll be on the next boat back home—and on your dime too.
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