on purpose
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Synonyms: in purpose, unpurpose
Antonyms: in purpose, unpurpose
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Prepositional phrase
- By design, as opposed to by accident; intentionally; deliberately. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- That wasn't an accident! You did it on purpose!
- In order to (do something); with the objective that.
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