be on

English

Verb

be on (third-person singular simple present is on, present participle being on, simple past was on, past participle been on)

1. (UK, transitive) To be ranked, based on polling.

   The Tories are on twenty-five percent in that constituency.

2. (African-American Vernacular, transitive) To be up to; to be engaged in or scheduled to do imminently.

   What are you on today?