Test your vocabulary with our 10-question quiz!
TAKE THE QUIZ“someone's”
The following 409 entries include the term someone's.
redound to someone's credit/honor
idiom—used to say that a person deserves credit/honor for having done something
refresh someone's memory
idiom: to remind someone about something : to help someone to remember something
return someone's call
idiom: to call back on the telephone to someone who has called earlier
return (someone's) fire
idiom: to shoot back at someone
(right) under someone's nose
idiom—used to describe something that someone fails to see or notice even though he or she should
(right) up/down someone's alley
idiom: especially suited to someone's tastes or abilities
ring in someone's ears/head
idiom: to remain in someone's mind/memory
rise in someone's estimation
idiom: to be thought of more highly by someone : to be respected and admired more by someone
rock someone's world
idiom: to be something that someone likes very much
rub salt in/into someone's wounds
idiom: to make a difficult situation even worse for someone
rub someone's nose in
idiom: to repeatedly remind someone of (a mistake, failure, etc.)
satisfy someone's every whim
idiom: to make someone happy by doing everything that he or she wants
save someone's bacon/hide/neck/skin
idiom: to save someone : to help someone get out of a dangerous or difficult situation
save someone's hide
idiom: to keep someone from being harmed
save someone's life
idiom: to stop (someone) from dying or being killed : to rescue (someone) who is in terrible danger
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
