on one's part

1. Of or by you; of someone's.

/When Miss Brown said I was a good student, that was pure kindness on her part./

/The other team blamed their defeat on unfairness on the part of the referee./

2. See: FOR ONE'S PART.

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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