upon the matter
English
Prepositional phrase
- Alternative form of upon the whole matter.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:
- Waller, with Sir William Balfour, exceeded in horse, but were, upon the matter, equal in foot.