“[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

phrase

: to have a successful and productive life

make (something) one's own

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

make up one's mind

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: to make a decision about something : to decide

meet one's doom

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: to die

meet one's fate

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: to die

meet one's match

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

meet one's Waterloo

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: to be defeated

meet with one's approval

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: to be acceptable to one

melt in one's mouth

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

melt one's heart

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: to fill someone with compassion, sympathy, etc.

mend one's ways

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

mind one's manners

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: to behave in a polite and proper way

mind one's p's and q's

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

mind one's tongue/language

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: to stop saying offensive or improper things

miss one's calling

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: to not have the career one should have

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