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
To be on the track of hobgoblin tales—nothing could be more attractive.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
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
"He would be on the track of his cousin."
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil
It seemed to him that Ransome was taking an unusually long time about it, that he must be on the track of some terrible discovery.
From Anne Severn and the Fieldings by Sinclair, May
