on one condition
idiom
: only upon doing or accepting one (specified) thing
You can go on one condition: you have to finish your homework.
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Larry agrees to pursue the project and attach Jack Danby on one condition: that Jimmy produce.
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 23 May 2024
Kathie Lee Gifford might be persuaded to be the next Golden Bachelorette ... on one condition.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
But, according to Isaacson’s reporting, Caltrans did nothing until Tesla got through to someone there who happened to be a Musk fan and agreed to the paint job, on one condition: a tour of SpaceX for him and a few others.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
That was true on one condition: that Martin would be in the fold and ready to start for the Cowboys against the New York Giants in the season opener.
—David Moore, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
So when Mark Development made an offer on the property last year, longtime owners David and James Bramante decided to sell, on one condition — that interested parties would have two years to form a nonprofit and raise funds to buy back the building and operate the cinema.
—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
Buckingham agreed on one condition: if his girlfriend, Stevie Nicks, could join too.
—Hannah Malach, ELLE, 5 Mar. 2023
Her grandfather gifted her the guitar, on one condition.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2023
Musk then said that Griffin could regain access to her Twitter account, on one condition.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022
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Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 23 May 2024
Kathie Lee Gifford might be persuaded to be the next Golden Bachelorette ... on one condition.
—Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2024
But, according to Isaacson’s reporting, Caltrans did nothing until Tesla got through to someone there who happened to be a Musk fan and agreed to the paint job, on one condition: a tour of SpaceX for him and a few others.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
That was true on one condition: that Martin would be in the fold and ready to start for the Cowboys against the New York Giants in the season opener.
—David Moore, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
So when Mark Development made an offer on the property last year, longtime owners David and James Bramante decided to sell, on one condition — that interested parties would have two years to form a nonprofit and raise funds to buy back the building and operate the cinema.
—Malcolm Gay, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
Buckingham agreed on one condition: if his girlfriend, Stevie Nicks, could join too.
—Hannah Malach, ELLE, 5 Mar. 2023
Her grandfather gifted her the guitar, on one condition.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2023
Musk then said that Griffin could regain access to her Twitter account, on one condition.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2022
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“On one condition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20one%20condition. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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