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TAKE THE QUIZ“of someone”
The following 33 entries include the term of someone.
take the mickey (out of someone)
idiomatic phrase: to make fun of someone
a piece of someone
idiom: a share of someone's time
at the behest of someone
idiom: because of being asked or ordered by someone
at the pleasure of (someone)
idiom—used to say that something is done or can be done because someone wants it to be done
at the whim of (someone)
idiom: when (someone) wishes, desires, or decides something often in a sudden way
bend to the will of (someone)
idiom: to do what is demanded by (one who is stronger, in authority, or influential)
have/take/get the measure of (someone)
idiom: 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)
idiom: under someone's control or influence
in the presence of (someone)
idiom: when (someone) is present : around
knock the wind out of (someone)
idiom: 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)
idiom: to marry (a woman, especially a woman one has already had sex with)
much to the regret of (someone)
idiom: causing great disappointment to (someone)
on behalf of someone
idiom: as a representative of someone
on the part of (someone)
idiom: by or from (someone)
on the right/wrong side of (someone)
idiom: doing things that cause someone to like or dislike one
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