on a wonder

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Bewildered, perplexed.
 * 2) * 1836,, letter to college treasurer Dr. Haskell, cited in Austen Kennedy de Blois, The Pioneer School, New York: Fleming H. Revell, Chapter 4, p. 70,
 * I have taken responsibility in this matter and made a bargain, in which I doubt not every trustee will concur. As I like to put you all on a wonder I will not be very particular now—but only observe that Divine Providence has already more than answered our expectations.
 * 1) * 1907, United States Senate, Hearings before the Committee on Military Affairs concerning, on the night of August 13 and 14, 1906, Washington: Government Printing Office, p. 406,
 * Q. Have you ever heard of any conspiracy, or any agreement among the men, to not tell about it?—A. No, Sir
 * Q. Or to hide knowledge of it?—A. No, sir. The most that I have heard among the men, everybody was on a wonder as to who it was that did do it, did do the shooting.
 * 1) * 1993,, interviewed in , The Land Where the Blues Began, New York: Pantheon, p. 402,
 * Just continually changing like that, catching different trains, I get one or two thousand miles away from home and I get the blues and it put me on a wonder.
 * 1) * 1993,, interviewed in , The Land Where the Blues Began, New York: Pantheon, p. 402,
 * Just continually changing like that, catching different trains, I get one or two thousand miles away from home and I get the blues and it put me on a wonder.

Usage notes
Often used in the phrases put or set (someone) on a wonder (to bewilder / perplex someone).