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TAKE THE QUIZ“someone or something”
The following 72 entries include the term someone or something.
account for (someone or something)
phrasal verb: to show what happened to (someone or something) : know where (something or someone) is
as (someone or something) goes
idiom—used to compare someone or something with someone or something else of the same kind
attribute (something) to (someone or something)
idiom: to say that (something) is because of (someone or something)
avoid (someone or something) like the plague
idiom: to stay away as much as possible from (someone or something)
awaken (someone or something) to (something)
idiom: to make (someone or something) aware of (something)
bow down to (someone or something)
idiom: to show weakness by agreeing to the demands or following the orders of (someone or something)
break from (someone or something)
idiom: to end a relationship, connection, or agreement with (someone or something)
catch (someone or something) by surprise
idiom: to happen to (someone or something) unexpectedly : to surprise (someone or something)
close by (someone or something)
idiom: at a short distance away from (someone or something)
do an injustice to (someone or something)
idiom: to treat (someone or something) in an unfair way
do (someone or something) an injustice
idiom: to treat (someone or something) in an unfair way
eat/have someone or something for lunch
idiom: to outdo or defeat someone or something very badly
fob someone or something off
idiom: to give someone or something not wanted to someone else : to palm off someone or something —often + on
get (someone or something) wrong
idiom: to fail to understand (someone or something) correctly
give (someone or something) a clean bill of health
idiom: to officially say that someone is healthy or that something is working correctly
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