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what dose it mean?

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Reply Tue 30 May, 2006 01:35 am
"The father put the boys on their honor not to smoke in the dorm."
what dose it mean ,can anyone be so kind to help me ?
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Reply Tue 30 May, 2006 05:56 am
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on one's honor

Entrusted to behave honorably and honestly without supervision. For example, The students were on their honor not to consult notes during the exam. Originally alluding to a solemn oath, this idiom dates from the mid-1400s.



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