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on the offensive

ADJECTIVE
  1. actively attacking

How To Use on the offensive In A Sentence

  • But before Adamowski could get his campaign under way, Daley threw him off balance by going on the offensive.
  • It puts them quickly on the offensive, but always with the padlock secure at the back and Portsmouth found them unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Biafran army then went on the offensive in a push towards Lagos.
  • When the Government hinted darkly about a privacy bill in the wake of the Mellor affair, MacKenzie went on the offensive.
  • It's difficult to make friends with her; she's constantly on the offensive.
  • It's difficult to make friends with her; she's constantly on the offensive.
  • Hastily revising his plans for my career, he settled us into our Cape Cod retreat and went on the offensive.
  • This means that underground communications in the rear and at the flanks of the troops on the offensive should be guarded, mined or destroyed.
  • On the offensive line, the Vols landed Brandon Jefferies, a 6-5, 275-pounder from Crest in Shelby, N.C. Jefferies is a nephew of David Thompson, the former North Carolina USATODAY.com - Penn State features versatility
  • It puts them quickly on the offensive, but always with the padlock secure at the back and Portsmouth found them unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
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