“one's”

The following 990 entries include the term one's.

Entries 436–450 of 990
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get/take the bit between one's teeth

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: to start doing something in a very enthusiastic and determined way

get the monkey off one's back

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: to remove or solve a problem that has been difficult to get rid of or solve : to get rid of a problem or situation that makes one unhappy and that lasts for a long time

ghost/shadow of one's former self

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: a much weaker and frailer person than one formerly was

give/lend one's name to

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: to have (something) named after one

give of one's time

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: to use one's time and effort to help others

give one's all

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: to do or give as much as one can to achieve something, to support a cause, etc.

give/sacrifice one's life

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: to do something that results in one's death

give (someone) a piece of one's mind

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: to speak to someone in an angry way

give (someone) one's word

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: to promise something

give (someone) the shirt off one's back

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: to do anything to help (someone)

gnash one's teeth

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: to grind one's teeth together

go about one's business

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: to do what one usually does

go about one's work

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: to do one's work

go back on one's promise

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: to not do what one said one would definitely do

go back on one's word

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: to break one's promise

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