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The following 765 entries include the term one's.
one's heart bleeds for
idiom: to feel great sadness or pity for another person
one's heart is (just) not in something
idiom: not feeling much interest or enthusiasm about something
one's heart leaps
idiom—used to say that someone becomes very happy or joyful about something
one's heart melts
idiom—used to say that someone begins to feel love, affection, or sympathy for someone or something
one's heart out
idiom: with great effort, energy, and enthusiasm : very hard
one's heart sinks
idiom—used to say that someone becomes sad or disappointed about something
one's house in order
idiom—used with put/get/set (etc.) to mean to improve or correct the way one does things
one's inner self
noun: the emotional and spiritual part of someone
one's keep
noun: the amount of money a person needs to pay for food, clothing, a place to live, etc. —used in the phrase earn one's keep
one's kind of
idiom: a type that one likes
one's level best
noun: one's best effort at doing something
one's nose is to the grindstone
idiom: one is doing hard, continuous work
one's old self
noun: the person that one normally or truly is
one's temper flares
idiom—used to say that someone gets angry
one's true/real self
noun: the type of person one really is
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