"on special" meaning in All languages combined

See on special on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) For sale at a reduced price. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Synonyms: on sale [Australia, US], on offer [Britain]
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