be on the track of
Example Sentences
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"But a big surprise is always a clue you might be on the track of something."
From Time Magazine Archive
Cinders was obviously exploring on his own account, and believed himself to be on the track of some quarry.
From The Rocks of Valpre by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
If oil can be used to good effect anywhere upon troubled waters, we should judge that it might be on the track of vessels between Tasmania and South New Zealand.
From Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands by Ballou, Maturin Murray
It is Spinosa's plausible method that has deceived people; they supposed that one who employed geometry, and proceeded by way of axioms and definitions, must be on the track of truth.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John
“Stillman must be on the track of something.”
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.
