on one's account

[on one's account] {adv. phr.}

For your good; because you want to help or please someone.

* /Barry studied hard on his mother's account./

* /I hope you didn't bring tea to the picnic just on my account./

* /The teacher stayed in school a little late on Tom's account./

Compare: OF ONE'S OWN ACCORD, ON ACCOUNT OF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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