"on form" meaning in All languages combined

See on form on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on form, {{en-PP}} on form
  1. Doing well; performing as well as would usually be expected. Synonyms: in form, up to snuff
    Sense id: en-on_form-en-prep_phrase-bJWzz0bo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137:",
          "text": "The first piece of the night is Shostakovich. Its first movement is a sedate, haunting, almost melodramatic nocturne, but before too long the concerto changes gear and becomes energetic, discordant, feral. It's lengthy, too, a real work-out, and much of it is brutally difficult to execute. He's on form tonight. Close to flawless, and his audience — which he cannot see or hear — seems rapt.",
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          "word": "up to snuff"
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