“[someone's]”

The following 412 entries include the term [someone's].

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read someone's mind

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: to know exactly what someone is thinking

read someone's palm

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: to tell what is going to happen to a person in the future by looking at the lines on the palm of his or her hand

read someone's thoughts

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: to know or guess what someone is thinking

redound to someone's credit/honor

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used to say that a person deserves credit/honor for having done something

refresh someone's memory

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: to remind someone about something : to help someone to remember something

return someone's call

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: to call back on the telephone to someone who has called earlier

return (someone's) fire

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: to shoot back at someone

(right) under someone's nose

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used to describe something that someone fails to see or notice even though he or she should

(right) up/down someone's alley

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: especially suited to someone's tastes or abilities

ring in someone's ears/head

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: to remain in someone's mind/memory

rise in someone's estimation

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: to be thought of more highly by someone : to be respected and admired more by someone

rock someone's world

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: to be something that someone likes very much

rub salt in/into someone's wounds

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: to make a difficult situation even worse for someone

rub someone's nose in

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: to repeatedly remind someone of (a mistake, failure, etc.)

satisfy someone's every whim

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: to make someone happy by doing everything that he or she wants

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