“one/'s”

The following 990 entries include the term one/'s.

Entries 526–540 of 990
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in one's (own) sweet time

idiom

: as slowly as one wants even though other people want one to act more quickly

in one's own time

idiom

: the time during which a company is not paying a worker

in one's own world

idiom

: spending so much time thinking about something that one does not notice what is happening

in one's prime

idiom

: active and in good health

in one's right mind

idiom

: having a healthy mental state

in one's sleep

idiom

: done very easily due to having done the same thing many times before

in one's time

idiom

: during one's life

in one's underwear

idiom

: while wearing only underwear

in one's view

idiom

used to introduce what one thinks about a particular thing

in one's younger days

idiom

: when one was younger

in the comfort of one's own home

idiom

: at home

in the flower of one's youth

idiom

: when one is young

in the hollow of one's hand

idiom

: in one's palm with the hand curved like a cup

into one's own pockets

idiom

: so as to take money for oneself

inveigle one's way

idiom

: to arrive (at a place or position) in a clever or deceptive way

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