“someone in”

The following 23 entries include the term someone in.

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put someone in his/her place

idiom

: to say or do something to show someone that he or she is not better than other people and should not be acting in such a confident and proud way

put (someone) in mind of (something)

idiom

: to cause (someone) to remember or think of (something)

put someone in the picture

idiom

: to give someone the information that is needed to understand something

show (someone) in

phrasal verb

: to lead (someone) to the entrance

stare (someone) in the eye(s)

idiom

: to look directly into the eyes of (someone) sometimes used figuratively

stare (someone) in the face

idiom

: to look directly into the eyes of (someone) usually used figuratively for something that should be apparent

staring someone in the face

idiom

: easily seen : obvious

stop (someone) in his/her tracks

idiom

: to surprise (someone) very much : to cause someone to stop and think

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What did you just call me?

  • brown chihuahua sitting on the floor with squinting eyes looking at the camera
  • Before we went to her house, Hannah told us her aunt was a flibbertigibbet.
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