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The following 19 entries include the term to someone.
answer to (someone)
idiom: to be required to explain one's actions to (someone)
attribute (something) to (someone or something)
idiom: to say that (something) is because of (someone or something)
bow down to (someone or something)
idiom: to show weakness by agreeing to the demands or following the orders of (someone or something)
do an injustice to (someone or something)
idiom: to treat (someone or something) in an unfair way
get (something) through to (someone)
idiom: to express (something) clearly so that it is understood by (someone)
get through to (someone)
idiom: to be clearly expressed to and understood by (someone)
give it to someone straight
idiom: to say what one is going to say to someone in a direct way
make it up to (someone)
idiom: to do something helpful or good for (someone one has hurt or treated wrongly)
make up to (someone)
idiom: to treat (someone) in a very friendly or helpful way in order to get something for oneself
mean nothing to (someone)
idiom: to have no importance to (someone)
means everything to (someone)
idiom: to be very important to (someone) : to be something (someone) cares about very much
mean something to (someone)
idiom: to be important to (someone) : to be something (someone) cares about
mean the world to (someone)
idiom: to be very important to (someone) : to be something (someone) cares about very much
more power to someone
idiom—used to say that one approves of what someone is doing and hopes it will be successful
open (someone or something) to (someone or something)
idiom: to allow (a particular group of people) to enter, use, or participate in (something)
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