“[one's]”

The following 990 entries include the term [one's].

Entries 646–660 of 990
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make something of one's life

idiom

: to have a successful and productive life

make (something) one's own

idiom

: to adapt (something) to oneself so that it belongs to oneself

make up one's mind

idiom

: to make a decision about something : to decide

meet one's doom

idiom

: to die

meet one's fate

idiom

: to die

meet one's match

idiom

: to be opposed by someone as good as one is and who could defeat one

meet one's Waterloo

idiom

: to be defeated

meet with one's approval

idiom

: to be acceptable to one

melt in one's mouth

idiom

: to taste delicious and feel soft or become soft when put in one's mouth

melt one's heart

idiom

: to fill someone with compassion, sympathy, etc.

mend one's ways

idiom

: to change or improve one's behavior : to stop behaving badly

mind one's manners

idiom

: to behave in a polite and proper way

mind one's p's and q's

idiom

: to be careful about behaving in a polite or proper way

mind one's tongue/language

idiom

: to stop saying offensive or improper things

miss one's calling

idiom

: to not have the career one should have

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