be+engaged+in
81independently engaged — For the purposes of an exception to a provision for unemployment compensation, a business or trade established and conducted independently of an employer. Fuller Brush Co. v Industrial Cont. 99 Utah 97, 104 P2d 201, 129 ALR 511 …
82principally engaged — See principal employment or business …
83On the punt — engaged in gambling: spent a good weekend on the punt …
84betrothed her — engaged her to be married …
85at it — engaged in some taboo activity In appropriate circumstances, the phrase can apply to anything from picking your nose to bestiality. In the East End of London, it usually refers to being a villain; elsewhere is may indicate sexual activity:… …
86in the ring — engaged professionally in cheating at auction Now used of fraudulent dealers who abstain from bidding against each other at a public auction and hold a private auction later among themselves. The use was formerly of those in a cartel of… …
87on the couch — engaged in casual copulation This mythical article of furniture is put to the same use as the casting couch: My wife thinks I have endless lines of bigtitted girls trying to get me on the couch. (Deighton, 1972) …
88on the cross — engaged in robbery as a prostitute It is the victim who is figuratively crucified, or N double crossed: The hostile gaze of the decent did not prevent men and women on the cross from constructing pecking orders. (R. Hughes, 1987) See …
89on the grind — engaged in prostitution Punning on the grind of honest daily toil and grind, to copulate …
90on the loose — engaged in prostitution As different from a loose1 female, who may have other employment, or none: When I lived with S. he allowed me £10 a week, but when I went on the loose I did not get so much. (Mayhew, 1862) …
