“someone's”

The following 409 entries include the term someone's.

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take someone's part

idiom

: to show support for someone in an argument, disagreement, etc.

take someone's side

idiom

: to agree with or support one person or group and not another

take someone's temperature

idiom

: to use a thermometer to find out if someone has a fever

take someone's word for it

idiom

: to believe that what someone says is true

take the wind out of someone's sails

idiom

: to cause someone to lose confidence or energy

take the words right out of someone's mouth

idiom

: to say exactly what someone was thinking

talk someone's ear off

idiom

: to talk to someone for a very long period of time

tan someone's hide

idiom

: to beat or whip (someone) very badly

tears spring to someone's eyes

idiom

used to say that someone suddenly starts to cry

the apple of someone's eye

idiom

: a person or thing that someone loves very much

the blood drained from someone's face

idiom

used to say that someone became very pale

(the) cat has someone's tongue

idiom

used to say that someone is not saying anything

the color drained from someone's face

idiom

used to say that someone became very pale

the furthest thing from someone's mind

idiom

: something that never occurred to someone

the last thing on someone's mind

idiom

: something that someone is not thinking about or considering

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