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
It was most tiresome of her to come just now, for Maisie felt she might really be on the track of the lost kitten at last.
From Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes by Barnes, Robert
His well-drilled human bloodhounds would be on the track of the English spy, whenever the latter dared to venture out into the streets.
From The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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
We shall be on the track of the old Scandinavians—of the Norsemen.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
