“[one's]”

The following 990 entries include the term [one's].

Entries 286–300 of 990
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be on one's merry way

phrase

: to leave a place

be run/rushed off one's feet

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: to be very busy

beyond one's comprehension

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: impossible for one to understand

beyond one's control

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used to indicate that no intervention will help things

beyond one's wildest dreams/fantasies

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: much more successful than one ever thought possible

blood on one's hands

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used to say that someone is responsible for someone else's death

blot one's copybook

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: to harm one's own reputation

blow one's own horn

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: to talk about oneself or one's achievements especially in a way that shows pride or too much pride

blow one's own trumpet

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: to talk about oneself or one's achievements especially in a way that shows that one is proud or too proud

bluff one's way

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: to achieve by a false threat or claim that is meant to trick someone

born with a silver spoon in one's mouth

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: born into a very wealthy family

break one's fall

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: to help make one's fall less forceful

break one's neck

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: to cause one's neck bone to crack or break sometimes used in speech to tell someone he or she could get hurt

break one's promise

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: to not do what one said one would definitely do

break (one's) stride

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: to pause or slow down in one's movement

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