on paper
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Prepositional phrase edit
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, paper.
- (figuratively) Based on debatable inference; in theory.
- August 25, 1814, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Coles:
- From those of the former generation who were in the fulness of age when I came into public life, which was while our controversy with England was on paper only, I soon saw that nothing was to be hoped.
- June 06, 2002, Graham Snowdon, The Telegraph:
- Hutchinson, the current champion at 50 miles, is on paper the fastest rider in the field for Sunday's event
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Hey, just throwing out a random hypothetical to you. Let's say there's a new kid in school, and on paper he should be killing it, but for some reason the other kids don't like him? Why do you think that would be?
- 2021 August 25, Richard Foster, “The rise and fall of railway's Big Four...”, in RAIL, number 938, page 55:
- Before 1914, coal was a true cash-cow, and on paper, the GWR looked to have hit the jackpot by being handed all the railways in the South Wales coal fields.
- August 25, 1814, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Edward Coles:
Translations edit
in theory
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