“someone's”

The following 412 entries include the term someone's.

Entries 181–195 of 412
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kick someone's butt

phrase

: to attack and injure someone severely

kiss someone's arse

phrase

: to be nice to someone in order to be liked by or to get something from him or her

kiss someone's ass

phrase

: to be nice to someone in order to be liked by or to get something from him or her

knock/blow someone's socks off

phrase

: to affect or impress someone in a very strong and favorable way

knock someone's head/block off

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: to hit someone very hard

knock some sense into someone's head

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: to cause someone to stop thinking or behaving foolishly

land in someone's lap

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: to come to a person suddenly in an unexpected way even though he or she did not try to get it

last thing on someone's mind

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: something that a person is not thinking about at all

laugh in someone's face

phrase

: to laugh directly at someone in a way that shows disrespect

lay the blame for (something) at someone's door

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: to blame someone for (something)

leap to someone's defense

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: to quickly begin to defend someone

leave a bad taste in someone's mouth

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: to make someone feel bad or disgusted

leave someone's side

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: to stop supporting or helping someone

lick someone's boots

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: to treat someone powerful with too much respect in order to get approval

like someone's chances

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: to think someone has a good chance (of succeeding or winning)

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