“one's”

The following 990 entries include the term one's.

Entries 586–600 of 990
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leave/keep one's options open

phrase

: to wait before making a final decision about something to allow for the possibility of having a different choice

lend one's name

phrase

: to allow one's name to be associated (with something)

let down one's guard

phrase

: to relax and stop being careful and alert

let one's guard down

phrase

: to relax and stop being careful and alert

let the grass grow under one's feet

phrase

: to wait before doing something or to do something slowly used in negative statements

lick one's lips

phrase

: to pass one's tongue over the lips

lie through one's teeth

phrase

: to say something completely untrue

lift one's gaze

phrase

: to look up

light on one's feet

phrase

: capable of moving in a quick and graceful way

live beyond one's means

phrase

: to spend more money than one can afford to spend

live by one's wits

phrase

: to survive by doing clever and sometimes dishonest things

live up to one's reputation

phrase

: to be as good, enjoyable, etc., as people have been led to believe

live within/beyond one's means

phrase

: to be unable to afford the things that one buys or the way one lives

live within one's means

phrase

: to spend money only on what one can afford

lock one's knee

phrase

: to hold the knee in a fully extended position

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