and that’s on

phrase

Etymology

Formed by compounding that's (contracted form of that is) + the preposition on. See OED that, pron. 1, OED be, v., OED on, prep.

Meaning & use

Also that's on

  1. grammar
    2001–Followed by a subject as a way of making a threat, promise, or emphasizing a truthful statement.
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    2001
    "Yeah hoe, I told you, Driq better watch his back out here in these streets. If we can't get to him, we gonna get your ass. And that's on everything I love!" threatened another man, followed by a sadistic laugh.
    New York Times Nexis 8 October a4
    2008
    "Oh, and the next time you call my cousin out of her name, I'm going to break your fucking jaw, and that's on big Al's life, bitch," I say, letting her know that she gets no more passes.
    New York Times Nexis 18 November b16
    2009
    Fuck Sire, and that's on my daughter. He always doing some selfish ass shit and never thinking about how it makes everybody else feel.
    Gazette Montreal Nexis 13 August a18
    2015
    "Boo, you got me. And that's on the real. A nigga ain't gonna lose his way home—shit, not when he got you waiting on him."
    Church Times 29 May 9/1
    2015
    "I'll tell you what, if I find out you did, you can ever forget about a Quantavion and Bianca future and that's on my unborn." With that Bianca walked out of the bathroom, leaving Quan standing there alone.
    Independent 28 February 20/2
    2020
    She better pray to God they mine or she's gonna meet her maker and that's on my life!
    Deseret Morning News Salt Lake City Nexis 9 September
    2021
    I'm going to be a very successful restaurateur & that's on God!! I will come back to this tweet in few years to testify. [pinched fingers]
    Malta Today Nexis 21 July
  2. grammar
    2005–Followed by period as a way of emphasizing the finality of a statement.
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    2005
    "I'm not bitter, I'm better" That's on period Pooh!
    J. McGahern Memoir 29
    2005
    Ion want it if it ain't from God and that's on period
    S. Wales Evening Post Nexis 9 March 49
    2008
    [In response to: It ain't a nigga alive that can take me from my mannnn😍😍😍😍] and that's on period with a CAPITAL T 😙
    Atlantic Monthly March 116/2
    2009
    They gone go for any nigga that's on period
    Sunday Independent Ireland Nexis 1 March
    2011
    If a professor play with my grade I'm gone play with their career and that's on period!
    Daily Telegraph Nexis 6 January 22
  3. grammar
    2002–Followed by a subject as a way of connecting ideas, concepts, or people in order to express emphasis and further solidify previous statements.
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    2002
    Someone please come pick me off of the floor and pray for my bank account in advance because tickets will be bought! And that's on Blue Ivy!
    Ladies' Home Journal August 82/3
    2017
    It's about "knowing who you are, truly, and being able to show other people who you are," says Zaya. We agree, and that's on Kujichagulia.
    Times 2 August 10/1
    2017
    [In response to: blue ivy read the comments y'all made on her dancing with her own eyes, & STILL decided to train even harder. that's what we call a QUEEN!] And that's on Capricorn Sun
    Science 18 August 685/2
    2021
    "Sometimes they don't think it's fair that I win all the time," ending the moment with the perfect "Girl, I don't know what to tell you" facial expression. And that's on Yurchenko double pike period.
    Times of India Nexis 19 October
    2024
    It's unclear what Clark's plan is moving forward but his attorney said her client was cheated of a right of protection everyone is guaranteed regardless of whether they are guilty or not: "a determination of his guilt and sentence that is untainted by racial bias," per the report. And that's on due process.
    Peterborough Ontario Examiner Nexis 10 August 1

See also

  • period