On purpose
prep_phrase
prep_phrase ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 with intention; in an intentional manner wordnet
Prep_phrase
- 1 By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately. idiomatic
"That wasn't an accident! You did it on purpose!"
- 2 In order to (do something); with the objective that. archaic
"Blifil bowed and stammered, and looked like a fool; but Western, without giving him time to form a speech for the purpose, answered, “Well, well, I am to blame, if you will, I always am, certainly; but come, let the girl be fetched back again, or let Mr Blifil go to her.——He’s come up on purpose, and there is no time to be lost.”"
Example
More examples"That wasn't an accident! You did it on purpose!"