on message

See also: on-message

English

Adjective

on message (comparative more on message, superlative most on message)

1. (colloquial, politics) Publicly reiterating and supporting the official party policy; conforming to the party’s agreed policies.

Middle English

Prepositional phrase

on message

1. on an errand
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter I, in Le Morte Darthur, book II (in Middle English):

     So whan the kynge was come thyder with all his baronage and lodged as they semed best / ther was come a damoisel the whiche was sente on message from the grete lady lylle of auelyon / And whan she came bifore kynge Arthur / she told from whome she came / and how she was sent on message vnto hym for these causes

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