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The following 412 entries include the term someone\'s.
drop/dump (something) in/into/on someone's lap
idiom: to give (something) to someone suddenly even though he or she did not want it or expect it
drop/fall into someone's lap
idiom: to come to a person suddenly in an unexpected way even though he or she did not try to get it
ease someone's (troubled) mind
idiom: to make someone stop worrying
eat out of someone's hand
idiom: to be completely controlled by someone
eat someone's or something's lunch
idiom: to outdo or defeat someone or something very badly
elude someone's grasp
idiom: to stay too far away for someone to reach
enter someone's mind/head
idiom: to occur in someone's thoughts
escape someone's notice
idiom: to be not noticed by someone
feel someone's pain
idiom: to be aware of how much someone is suffering or has suffered
fill someone's shoes
idiom: to take someone's place or position
find a way into/to someone's heart
idiom: to make someone love one
follow in someone's footsteps
idiom: to do the same things that another person has done before
follow someone's example
idiom: to do what someone else did
follow someone's lead
idiom: to do the same thing that someone else has done
force/ram/shove (something) down someone's throat
idiom: to force someone to accept or like (something, such as one's ideas or beliefs)
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