“someone's”

The following 409 entries include the term someone's.

Entries 181–195 of 409
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knock someone's head/block off

idiom

: to hit someone very hard

knock some sense into someone's head

idiom

: to cause someone to stop thinking or behaving foolishly

land in someone's lap

idiom

: to come to a person suddenly in an unexpected way even though he or she did not try to get it

last thing on someone's mind

idiom

: something that a person is not thinking about at all

laugh in someone's face

idiom

: to laugh directly at someone in a way that shows disrespect

lay the blame for (something) at someone's door

idiom

: to blame someone for (something)

leap to someone's defense

idiom

: to quickly begin to defend someone

leave a bad taste in someone's mouth

idiom

: to make someone feel bad or disgusted

leave someone's side

idiom

: to stop supporting or helping someone

lick someone's boots

idiom

: to treat someone powerful with too much respect in order to get approval

like someone's chances

idiom

: to think someone has a good chance (of succeeding or winning)

like someone's style

idiom

: to like the way someone does something

loosen someone's tongue

idiom

: to cause someone to talk more freely : to cause someone to say things that would not usually be said

make a chill/shiver run up/down someone's spine

idiom

: to make someone feel very thrilled, frightened, etc.

make an attempt on (someone's) life

idiom

: to try to kill someone

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