“someone or something”

The following 73 entries include the term someone or something.

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blow (someone or something) out of the water

phrase

: to defeat soundly

account for (someone or something)

verb

: to show what happened to (someone or something) : know where (something or someone) is

as (someone or something) goes

phrase

used to compare someone or something with someone or something else of the same kind

attribute (something) to (someone or something)

phrase

: to say that (something) is because of (someone or something)

avoid (someone or something) like the plague

phrase

: to stay away as much as possible from (someone or something)

awaken (someone or something) to (something)

phrase

: to make (someone or something) aware of (something)

bow down to (someone or something)

phrase

: to show weakness by agreeing to the demands or following the orders of (someone or something)

break from (someone or something)

phrase

: to end a relationship, connection, or agreement with (someone or something)

catch (someone or something) by surprise

phrase

: to happen to (someone or something) unexpectedly : to surprise (someone or something)

close by (someone or something)

phrase

: at a short distance away from (someone or something)

do an injustice to (someone or something)

phrase

: to treat (someone or something) in an unfair way

do (someone or something) an injustice

phrase

: to treat (someone or something) in an unfair way

eat/have someone or something for lunch

phrase

: to outdo or defeat someone or something very badly

fob someone or something off

phrase

: to give someone or something not wanted to someone else : to palm off someone or something often + on

get (someone or something) wrong

phrase

: to fail to understand (someone or something) correctly

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