"on account" meaning in All languages combined

See on account on Wiktionary

Preposition [English]

Forms: on account
Head templates: {{preposition}} [POS TABLE]
  1. because of something bad or difficult
    Sense id: simple-on_account-en-prep-~KZ4JSSF
     
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          "text": "He couldn't read it on account of his bad eyes."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was late on account of having missed the bus."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are a newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together."
        }
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        {
          "text": "He couldn't read it on account of his bad eyes."
        },
        {
          "text": "She was late on account of having missed the bus."
        },
        {
          "text": "They are a newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "because of something bad or difficult"
      ]
    }
  ],
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