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go on record
Idioms and Phrases
Embrace a position publicly. For example, I want to go on record in favor of the mayor's reelection . It is also put as for the record , as in For the record, we support sending troops there . The record in both signifies either publication or public knowledge. Both expressions date from the first half of the 1900s, although slightly different phrases, such as put on record , are older. Also see just for the record ; off the record .Example Sentences
"I'm happy to go on record to say that there will be a title challenge coming from Chelsea if everything goes well in the next couple of months," ex-Chelsea forward Joe Cole said on TNT Sports.
During the conversation with Morgan, Luntz said: “I’m trying to decide if I want to go on record, and the answer is yes: I think that he loses because of this debate performance.”
The Baptist theologian, Mr. Stanley said, “is actually accusing me of departing from his version of biblical Christianity. So I want to go on record and say I have never ascribed to his version of biblical Christianity to begin with, so I’m not leaving anything.”
“Every member will have to go on record where they stand,” the Republican McCarthy said at the Capitol.
“Every member will have to go on record where they stand,” said Mr. McCarthy, California Republican.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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