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TAKE THE QUIZ“one's”
The following 777 entries include the term one's.
to one's name
idiom: belonging to one
toot one's own horn
idiom: to talk about oneself or one's achievements especially in a way that shows pride or too much pride
to the best of one's belief
idiom—saying something is to the best of one's belief means it agrees with what one knows and believes to be true
to the best of one's knowledge
idiom—used to say that a person thinks something is true but that there may be something he or she does not know which makes it untrue
true to one's word
idiom: doing what one said one would do : keeping one's promise
try one's best/hardest
idiom: to try very hard : to do everything that one can do
try one's luck
idiom: to do something in the hope that one will succeed
tug/pull at one's heartstrings
idiom: to stir one's emotions
tug/touch one's forelock
idiom: to be too concerned with pleasing someone whom one thinks is powerful or important
turn one's back
idiom: to turn so as to face away from someone —often used figuratively to suggest rejection or abandonment
turn one's hand to
idiom: to begin doing (something) usually in a skillful way : to start (a new activity, field of study, etc.)
turn one's mind to
idiom: to direct one's attention to : to work on
turn one's nose up
idiom: to refuse to take or accept something because it is not good enough —usually + at
turn (something) over in one's mind
idiom: to think about (something) in order to understand it or make a decision
under one's feet
idiom: in the way
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
