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The following 412 entries include the term [[someone's]].
under someone's heel
idiom: completely controlled by another person, group, etc.
under someone's leadership
idiom: while guided or managed by someone
under someone's roof
idiom: in someone's house
under someone's thumb
idiom: under someone's control or influence
under (someone's) tutelage
idiom—used to say who a person is taught something by
upon/on someone's return
idiom: when someone returns or returned —often + from
up someone's street
idiom: suited to one's tastes or abilities
want someone's scalp
idiom: to want to remove someone from a position
warm someone's heart
idiom: to cause someone to have pleasant feelings of happiness
warm the cockles of someone's heart
idiom: to give someone warm and happy feelings
watch someone's back
idiom: to protect someone who is doing something that is dangerous or risky
what's someone's problem
idiom—used to ask why someone will not agree to something especially when that person is being unreasonable
win someone's heart
idiom: to get someone to fall in love with one
within someone's grasp
idiom: able to be found or gotten
within someone's power
idiom: able to be done by someone
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