on the part of (someone)

idiom

: by or from (someone)
It was a good effort on the part of all the students.
There is a lot of sympathy for the accused woman on the part of the public.

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Sometimes, courts threaten to hold the lawyers themselves in contempt if there is a belief on the part of the court that the lawyers are not complying with what the court ordered in the first instance. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025 In his legal filings, the defendant has used dangerous rhetoric and leveling accusations of intentionally unlawful and unconstitutional conduct on the part of this court and the prosecution. Abc News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025 And there is a lot of failure on the part of the industry, quite frankly, to comply with the law. Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2025 So far there is no indication of any fault on the part of the airline, with investigations into the disaster at an early stage. John Feng, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for on the part of (someone) 

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“On the part of (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20part%20of%20%28someone%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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