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The following 409 entries include the term someone's.
go after someone's scalp
idiom: to want to have someone removed from a position
go against someone's grain
idiom: to not seem right or natural to someone
go against someone's wishes
idiom: to do something even though someone does not want one to do it
go over someone's head
idiom: to discuss something with a person who is higher in rank than someone else : to bypass a person of immediately higher rank and seek out a person of even higher rank
go/run through someone's mind
idiom: to be what someone is thinking about
go someone's way
idiom: to travel in the same direction as someone
half someone's age
idiom: much younger than someone
hang on someone's every word
idiom: to listen very carefully or closely to (someone)
hate someone's guts
idiom: to hate or dislike someone very much
have someone's (best) interests at heart
idiom: to be concerned about and want to help (someone)
have someone's ear
idiom: to be able to talk and give advice to a person because one is trusted by him or her
have someone's number
idiom: to be able to deal with or defeat someone easily especially because one knows or understands that person so well
have/take/get someone's measure
idiom: to have or get a good understanding about what is needed to defeat or deal with (someone one is competing against)
history is on someone's side
idiom—used to say that it is a good thing for someone that the fact that something happened in the past means it will likely happen again
hold/put a gun to someone's head
idiom: to force someone to do something by using threats
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