on sb's account
If something is said to be on someone's or something's account, it is because of that person or thing:
I'm not very hungry, so please don't cook on my account (= don't cook just for me).
They were tired, but not any less enthusiastic on that account.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which introduce a cause or reason
- at
- because of
- behalf
- cause 1
- cos
- courtesy
- fear
- for
- from
- herein
- necessarily
- order
- right
- sake 1
- thanks
- thanks to sb/sth idiom
- through
- what with idiom
- with
- with a view to doing sth idiom
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