"on one's P's" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on one's P's, {{en-PP}} on one's P's
  1. (Australia) Said of a person who is on their provisional driver's licence and displays P-plates on their vehicle; not yet possessing a full driver's licence. Tags: Australia Synonyms: on one's Ps Related terms: on one's L's
    Sense id: en-on_one's_P's-en-prep_phrase-ZTfZpxKP Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for on one's P's meaning in All languages combined (1.1kB)

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