"on a promise" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on a promise, {{en-PP}} on a promise
  1. (UK, colloquial) Looking forward to sexual intercourse later. Tags: UK, colloquial
    Sense id: en-on_a_promise-en-prep_phrase-IYXxGoXD Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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