“someone's”

The following 409 entries include the term someone's.

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stand in someone's way

idiom

: to prevent someone from doing something

steal someone's thunder

idiom

: to prevent someone from having success or getting attention, praise, etc., by doing or saying whatever that person was planning to do or say

step into (someone's) shoes

idiom

: to take on a particular role or task that someone else has been doing

step on (someone's) toes

idiom

: to do something that upsets or offends (someone)

stick in someone's mind/memory

idiom

: to be remembered by someone

stretch someone's patience

idiom

: to cause someone to lose patience

strike someone's fancy

idiom

: to appeal to someone very much

suit someone's book

idiom

: to be suitable or satisfactory to someone

take a load off someone's mind

idiom

: to allow someone to stop worrying : to make someone feel relieved

take a load/weight off someone's mind

idiom

: to make someone stop worrying about something

take/borrow a leaf out of someone's book

idiom

: to do the same thing that someone did

take someone's breath away

idiom

: to make someone feel surprised and excited

take someone's call

idiom

: to speak to someone who has called on the telephone

take someone's fancy

idiom

: to appeal to someone very much

take someone's life

idiom

: to cause someone's death

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