[on deck] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. On a floor of a ship open to theoutdoors.
The passengers were playing shufflehoard on deck.
Thesailors kept busy cleaning and painting on deck.
2. {informal} Readyto do something; present.
The scout leader told the boys to be ondeck at 8:00 Saturday morning for the hike.
Dick was at bat, andBob was on deck.
Seasons and the weather.
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Значение идиомы on deck