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TAKE THE QUIZ“of someone”
The following 31 entries include the term of someone.
a piece of someone
phrase: a share of someone's time
at the behest of someone
phrase: because of being asked or ordered by someone
at the pleasure of (someone)
phrase—used to say that something is done or can be done because someone wants it to be done
at the whim of (someone)
phrase: when (someone) wishes, desires, or decides something often in a sudden way
bend to the will of (someone)
phrase: to do what is demanded by (one who is stronger, in authority, or influential)
have/take/get the measure of (someone)
phrase: to have or get a good understanding about what is needed to defeat or deal with (someone one is competing against)
in the pocket of (someone)
phrase: under someone's control or influence
in the presence of (someone)
phrase: when (someone) is present : around
knock the wind out of (someone)
phrase: to knock the air out of a person's lungs and make him or her unable to breathe normally for a brief time
make an honest woman of (someone)
phrase: to marry (a woman, especially a woman one has already had sex with)
much to the regret of (someone)
phrase: causing great disappointment to (someone)
on the part of (someone)
phrase: by or from (someone)
on the right/wrong side of (someone)
phrase: doing things that cause someone to like or dislike one
play into the hands of someone
phrase: to do something that one does not realize will hurt oneself and help someone else
save the life of (someone)
phrase: to stop (someone) from dying or being killed
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