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TAKE THE QUIZ“of someone”
The following 31 entries include the term of someone.
see the last of (someone or something)
phrase: to see (someone or something) for the last time
spare the blushes of (someone)
phrase: to prevent (someone) from being embarrassed
stack the odds in favor of (someone)
phrase: to make it more likely for someone to win, succeed, etc.
step on the toes of (someone)
phrase: to do something that upsets or offends (someone)
take a lot out of (someone)
phrase: to require a lot of work or energy and cause someone to feel physically or emotionally tired
take it out of (someone)
phrase: to require a lot of work or energy and cause someone to feel physically or emotionally tired
take leave of (someone)
phrase: to say goodbye to (someone) and depart
take the place of (someone or something)
phrase: to replace (someone or something)
take the side of (someone)
phrase: to agree with or support (one person or group) and not another
take the starch out of (someone)
phrase: to make (someone) weak or unsure : to cause (someone) to lose energy or confidence
throw oneself on the mercy of (someone)
phrase: to beg (someone) for mercy
to the satisfaction of (someone)
phrase: so that someone is happy, pleased, or satisfied
tread on the toes of (someone)
phrase: to do something that upsets or offends (someone)
under the heel of (someone)
phrase: completely controlled by (another person, group, etc.)
under the sway of (someone)
phrase: in or into a state of being controlled by (someone)
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