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TAKE THE QUIZ“[[someone's]]”
The following 412 entries include the term [[someone's]].
spike someone's guns
phrase: to ruin an opponent's plans
stack the odds in someone's favor
phrase: to make it more likely for someone to win, succeed, etc.
stand at/by someone's side
phrase: to remain loyal to someone
stand in someone's way
phrase: to prevent someone from doing something
steal someone's thunder
phrase: 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
phrase: to take on a particular role or task that someone else has been doing
step on (someone's) toes
phrase: to do something that upsets or offends (someone)
stick in someone's mind/memory
phrase: to be remembered by someone
stretch someone's patience
phrase: to cause someone to lose patience
strike someone's fancy
phrase: to appeal to someone very much
suit someone's book
phrase: to be suitable or satisfactory to someone
take a load off someone's mind
phrase: to allow someone to stop worrying : to make someone feel relieved
take a load/weight off someone's mind
phrase: to make someone stop worrying about something
take/borrow a leaf out of someone's book
phrase: to do the same thing that someone did
take someone's breath away
phrase: to make someone feel surprised and excited
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