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81take a backseat to someone — take a backseat (to (someone)) to let someone else deal with something. I was happy to take a backseat and let my brother deal with the family crisis. Etymology: based on the idea of sitting in the backseat of a car and letting someone else drive …
82take the words out of someone's mouth — To say exactly what someone else was about to say • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * say what someone else was about to say …
83poach on someone's territory — poach on someone’s territory phrase to do something that you do not have the right to do, because someone else is in charge of doing it Thesaurus: to do something wrong, or to be badsynonym Main entry: poach * * * encroach on someone else s… …
84bite on someone — in. to copy something that someone else has done; to dress the same way someone else does. □ Nobody will bite on Sally. She has terrible taste. D Jennifer is always biting on Anne, who is a careful dresser …
85read someone's mind — To guess accurately what someone is thinking • • • Main Entry: ↑read * * * read someone’s mind phrase to know what someone else is thinking Yes, I’d love a coffee; you must’ve read my mind. Thesaurus: to know something or someonesynonym …
86refer (someone) to someone — refer (someone) to (someone/something) to give someone the name of someone else or of an organization. My doctor referred me to a cancer specialist. She was referred to the Rare Books department of the public library. Usage notes: people are… …
87take a leaf out of someone's book — To profit by someone s example • • • Main Entry: ↑book take a leaf out of someone s book see under ↑book • • • Main Entry: ↑leaf * * * take a leaf out of/from/someone’s book …
88follow in someone's footsteps — follow in someone’s footsteps phrase to do the same work or achieve the same success as someone else before you She followed in her mother’s footsteps and became a doctor. Thesaurus: to copy someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: footstep * * *… …
89give someone a dose of their own medicine — give someone a taste/dose/of their own medicine phrase to treat someone in the same bad way that they have treated someone else It’s time those cheats got a taste of their own medicine. Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat… …
90farm out someone to someone — farm out (someone) (to (someone)) to give someone to someone else who will take care of them. She farmed out her children to her brother for two weeks …
