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Idiom

enter on the boards

Meaning

To inscribe the name of (a student) on a board or tablet in a college.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The registrar will enter your name on the boards today.”

“After you pay your tuition fees, the clerk will enter you on the boards to confirm your enrollment.”

“Following the successful completion of the entrance examination, the dean instructed the secretary to enter the new scholar on the boards.”

Examples

simple

“The registrar will enter your name on the boards today.”

contextual

“After you pay your tuition fees, the clerk will enter you on the boards to confirm your enrollment.”

complex

“Following the successful completion of the entrance examination, the dean instructed the secretary to enter the new scholar on the boards.”

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