“[one's]”

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

Entries 661–675 of 990
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miss one's vocation

phrase

: to not have the career one should have

move one's ass

phrase

used as an impolite way to say someone needs to hurry up

muscle one's way

phrase

: to move ahead by pushing and forcing people to move out of the way

name one's price

phrase

: to say how much one wants to pay for something or how much one wants to sell something for

none of one's beeswax

phrase

used as a way of telling someone that information being sought is personal and none of their business

not in one's right mind

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: mentally ill

not know one's arse from one's elbow

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: to know nothing : to be stupid

not know one's ass from one's elbow

phrase

: to know nothing : to be stupid

not know one's own strength

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: to not realize how strong one really is

not mince (one's) words

phrase

: to speak in a very direct and honest way without worrying about offending someone

off one's game

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: playing a sport or game poorly often used figuratively

off one's hands

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: no longer in one's possession or no longer one's responsibility

of one's acquaintance

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: known to one

of one's choice

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: chosen by one

of one's own accord

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used to indicate that someone does something because he or she wants to, not because someone has asked the person or forced him or her to do it

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