on one's person

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on one's person

  1. (formal) Held on one's physical body.
    You cannot have a smartphone on your person during the exam.
    • 2004, The New York Times:
      Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang.

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