“[someone's]”

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

Entries 76–90 of 412
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cloud someone's judgment

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: to cause someone to be unable to think clearly

come/jump to someone's defense

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: to say that someone is right or good

come to/into someone's mind

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: to be remembered or thought of by someone

come to someone's assistance

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: to help someone

come to someone's attention

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: to be noticed by someone

cook someone's goose

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: to make it certain that someone will fail, lose, etc.

cross someone's face

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: to appear briefly on someone's face

cross someone's mind

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: to come into someone's mind : to be thought of by someone

dance to someone's tune

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: to do what someone (else) wants or forces one to do

darken someone's door/doors

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: to go to or appear at a place where one is not welcome anymore

descend/sink/stoop to someone's level

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: to behave as badly as someone who has treated one wrongly

distant look in someone's eye

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: a look on someone's face that shows he or she is thinking about something that is not related to what is happening at the present time

do someone's bidding

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: to do what one is told or ordered to do especially by one in a position of power or authority

do someone's shopping

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: to visit a place or places where goods are sold in order to buy the things (such as groceries) that someone needs to buy

drag someone's name through the mud

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: to publicly say false or bad things that harm someone's reputation

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