on the block

on the block
on the block
1. Lit. on a city or suburban block. •

John is the biggest kid on the block.

We had a party on the block last weekend.

2. on sale at auction; on the auction block. •

We couldn't afford to keep up the house, so it was put on the block to pay the taxes.

That's the finest painting I've ever seen on the block.

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{adj. phr.} To be sold; for sale. * /The vacant house was on the block./ * /Young cattle are grown and sent to market to be placed on the block./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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