“[[someone's]]”

The following 412 entries include the term [[someone's]].

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a price on someone's head

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: an amount of money that will be given to anyone who kills or captures someone

as is someone's wont

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: as someone usually or often does

a taste/dose of someone's own medicine

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: harsh or unpleasant treatment that is like the treatment someone has given other people

at/on someone's suggestion

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: because someone said that one should

at someone's beck and call

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: always ready to do whatever someone asks

at someone's bidding

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: as told or ordered to do by another

at someone's command

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: available for someone's use or needs

at someone's convenience

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: at a time that is convenient for someone : at a time that will not cause someone too much trouble or effort

at (someone's) discretion

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: done if, how, when, etc., someone chooses to do it.

at someone's disposal

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: available for someone to use : available for whatever one needs

at someone's earliest opportunity

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: as soon as it is possible for someone to do something

at someone's elbow

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: at someone's side

at someone's expense

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: paid for by someone

at someone's feet

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: close to someone's feet sometimes used figuratively to suggest easy success

at someone's heels

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: following someone very closely

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