“someone's”

The following 409 entries include the term someone's.

Entries 271–285 of 409
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refresh someone's memory

idiom

: to remind someone about something : to help someone to remember something

return someone's call

idiom

: to call back on the telephone to someone who has called earlier

return (someone's) fire

idiom

: to shoot back at someone

(right) under someone's nose

idiom

used to describe something that someone fails to see or notice even though he or she should

(right) up/down someone's alley

idiom

: especially suited to someone's tastes or abilities

ring in someone's ears/head

idiom

: to remain in someone's mind/memory

rise in someone's estimation

idiom

: to be thought of more highly by someone : to be respected and admired more by someone

rock someone's world

idiom

: to be something that someone likes very much

rub salt in/into someone's wounds

idiom

: to make a difficult situation even worse for someone

rub someone's nose in

idiom

: to repeatedly remind someone of (a mistake, failure, etc.)

satisfy someone's every whim

idiom

: to make someone happy by doing everything that he or she wants

save someone's bacon/hide/neck/skin

idiom

: to save someone : to help someone get out of a dangerous or difficult situation

save someone's hide

idiom

: to keep someone from being harmed

save someone's life

idiom

: to stop (someone) from dying or being killed : to rescue (someone) who is in terrible danger

scratch someone's back

idiom

: to do something that helps someone else but that is often difficult to do or wrong and with the expectation of help in return usually used in the phrase You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.

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