Definition of somebody in English English dictionary
- A recognised person, a celebrity
I'm tired of being a nobody - I want to be a somebody.
- Some unspecified person
- {n} an indiscriminate person, a person of not
- pron. some person, unspecified person
- A person of consideration or importance
- {i} important person
- Somebody means the same as someone. be sb to be or feel important
- a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
- A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person
- sb
- somebody else
- someone else, some other person
- somebody's
- Contraction of somebody is
- somebody's
- Contraction of somebody has
- somebody's
- Possessive case of somebody
- ME
- Medical examiner, or coroner
- ME
- Montreal Exchange, a futures and derivatives exchange (formerly also a stock exchange)
- ME
- Maine, a state of the United States of America
- ME
- Middle English
- MY
- Motor Yacht - diesel-driven yacht
- SB
- 傻屄 literally "stupid pussy"
- SB
- season best (this season's personal best)
- SB
- The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases
- SB
- sideband
- beat somebody to the punch
- To do something before somebody else is able to
I was planning to take care of the problem for him, but he beat me to the punch and did it himself.
- bend somebody's ear
- To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person
Sorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.
- curl somebody's hair
- Alternative form of curl someone's hair
- cut somebody some slack
- to be patient or lenient with somebody; to relax standards or expectations
Cut the new guy some slack. He's only been here for two days.
- egg somebody on
- To tease, provoke or encourage
Quit egging him on about his pet peeves.
- follow somebody off a cliff
- To follow (a leader or de facto leader) without question or thought, with disastrous consequences
After 9/11, many feared that Baby Boomers would follow President Bush off a cliff.
- fuck somebody up
- Fight with someone and win, causing significant physical damage to their body
- fuck somebody up
- To cause someone to make a big mistake
- fuck somebody up
- To cause significant mental damage to someone
- get on somebody's case
- To lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize
His boss was always getting on his case about his standards of dress, even though he worked well and seldom left the back room.
- get on somebody's nerves
- To annoy or irritate; to bother
Gerty wished to goodness they would take their squalling baby home out of that and not get on her nerves.
- give somebody a hand
- To applaud or clap (also to give (someone) a big hand)
Please give all our dedicated volunteers a hand for their hard work.
- give somebody a hand
- To help, aid, or assist
Could you please give me a hand carrying this mattress?.
- give somebody a hard time
- To tease, kid, or rib
He's usually pretty good-natured when the children give him a hard time about his bald spot.
- give somebody a piece of one's mind
- To express one's opinion strongly; to voice one's disagreement or dissatisfaction
That is the fourth time this week my neighbor's barking dog has woken me up. I'm going to go give her a piece of my mind about it.
- give somebody an earful
- To shout very loudly at someone
I should've never tried to grind the business' computer system to halt. Firstly I got sacked, and then my boss gave me a right earful.
- give somebody pause
- To give somebody cause for concern
Here is a fact that will give you pause. Many states do not publish the voting records of their legislators.
- give somebody the brush-off
- To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone
I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush-off.
- give somebody the cold shoulder
- To snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly
I must have made him angry with my comment. He’s been giving me the cold shoulder ever since I said it.
- give somebody the heave-ho
- to fire, expel or break up with someone
I'm looking for work again because they gave me the heave-ho.
- give somebody the old heave-ho
- Alternative form of give somebody the heave-ho
Now I won't have to explain to her what sort of friend you really were and why I gave you the old heave-ho.
- give somebody the runaround
- To delay, dodge, or frustrate (someone), especially by providing useless information or directions
They gave me the runaround when I called. I got a full tour of the facility by phone, but no answer to my question.
- give somebody the slip
- To evade, escape, or get away from somebody
One way or another I'm gonna lose ya, I'm gonna give you the slip.
- give somebody what-for
- To admonish or berate; to speak angrily at somebody
He really gave the kid what-for about the baseball through his window.
- hand it to somebody
- To give somebody credit or praise
You have to hand it to him for finishing such a big project so quickly.
- hate somebody's guts
- To despise; to hate intensely or passionately
She caught him seeing another woman, and now she hates his guts.
- haul somebody over the coals
- To express anger with someone in no uncertain terms when they do something wrong
The teacher hauled him over the coals for smoking in the toilets.
- her
- The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc
The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff..
- her
- Belonging to her
This is her book.
- him
- he when used after a preposition or as the object of a verb
She treated him for a cold (direct object).
- his
- That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun
The decision was his to live with.
- his
- Used erroneously in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in s, to express the possessive case
Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark.
- his
- Belonging to him
This is his book.
- hold somebody's hand
- To guide somebody through the basics or assist with excessively small details
I'll give you advice on writing an article, but I won't hold your hand through the entire process.
- hold somebody's hand
- To grasp or hold a person's hand
- hot on somebody's heels
- Close behind; pursuing or following closely
She left the restaurant with him hot on her heels.
- if you love somebody, set them free
- One should be willing to let go of someone they love if they truly love them
- it
- most fashionable
With Hit Girl, Moretz is this year's It Girl, alternately sweet, savage and scary.
- it
- The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object. (known as the dummy pronoun)
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him.
- it
- Used to refer to oneself when identifying oneself, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation
It's me. John.
- it
- The person or people who chase and try to catch the other players in the playground game of tag
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it….
- it
- Italian
- it
- The game of tag itself
Let's play it at breaktime.
- it
- The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)
It’s lonely without you.
- it
- Italy
- it
- The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a non-human entity, to an inanimate thing with no or unknown sex or gender
Take each day as it comes.
- it
- The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a human entity of unknown sex or gender
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
- keep somebody in stitches
- To keep somebody laughing hard or amused
The show kept me in stitches the whole time.
- keep somebody posted
- To inform (someone) regularly of the latest developments
That's all the news for now, but I'll keep you posted about new developments.
- leave somebody high and dry
- To abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment
He just walked out and left her high and dry with two kids and a mortgage.
- leave somebody holding the bag
- To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container
The closing bell may be ringing for business method patents, and their patentees may find they have become bagholders. (Federal district court in CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions Inc., 2009 WL 815448 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 23, 2009), referring to the In re Bilski case).
- leave somebody holding the bag
- To abandon somebody, leaving them holding the responsibility or blame
After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag.
- let somebody down
- To fail somebody; to disappoint or to fail to uphold a commitment
He really let me down when he didn't arrive on time.
- let somebody in on
- To disclose; to tell somebody a secret or share privileged information
Do you think we should let him in on the shortcut?.
- make somebody's hair curl
- Alternative form of curl someone's hair
- me
- As the complement of the copula (“be”, “is”)
It wasn't me.
- me
- As the object of a preposition
Come with me.
- me
- As the direct object of a verb
Can you hear me?.
- me
- As the subject of a verb, used with and
Me and my friends played a game.
- me
- Preceding a noun, marking ownership
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), The Letter - And give us back me cigarette!.
- me
- As a reflexive direct object of a verb
- me
- As the subject of a verb, used without and
- me
- As a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative
- me
- As the indirect object of a verb
He gave me this.
- my
- Belonging to me
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
- not give somebody the time of day
- to ignore someone deliberately; to refuse to talk or pay attention to someone probably because you think they are not good enough to talk to you or they really annoy you
I think I've really annoyed him this time - he won't even give me the time of day!.
- one's
- belonging to one
- our
- Belonging to us; of us
Paying no attention to Lizzy, Mrs. Gibson began calling out our names in alphabetical order.
- our
- Of, from, or belonging to the nation, region, or language of the speaker
Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- our
- used before a person's name to indicate that the person is in one's family, or is a very close friend
I'm going to see our Terry for tea.
- pull somebody's leg
- To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying
I hadn't pulled Mrs. Barstow's leg for any of that stuff, she had just handed it to me on a platter, and that wasn't my fault.
- pull the wool over somebody's eyes
- to deceive (someone)
- put hair on somebody's chest
- To make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine
When Lonnie Bushey was 6 he started drinking with his father who told him it would put hair on his chest and make him a man.
- put one past somebody
- To deceive, trick, or fool, especially by concealing something
He tried to put one past the band director by giving her a jalapeño-flavored lollipop.
- put somebody in his place
- To bring somebody down; to humble or insult
His quips at the party aimed to put the CEO in his place.
- put words in somebody's mouth
- To attribute to somebody something he or she did not say; to claim inaccurately that somebody said or intended something
I hope I'm not putting words in your mouth. Did you just tell me to go home early?.
- read somebody the riot act
- To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand
She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.
- read somebody's lips
- To discern what somebody is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words
Deaf people may be able to read people's lips, but it's not a foolproof means of communication.
- read somebody's lips
- To pay close attention (often imperative)
Read my lips. We are not going to the park today, and that is final.
- rub somebody the wrong way
- To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy
It's a small thing, really, to leave towels unfolded, but it rubs him the wrong way.
- run somebody ragged
- To exhaust; to demand excessive effort or work from somebody
They've been running him ragged trying to keep up with the demand for new features.
- s.o.
- significant other
- s.o.
- someone
- send somebody packing
- To expel or eject somebody; to chase off or force out
The whole town got together and sent the bandit packing.
- serve somebody right
- To happen to someone who is thought to deserve it
And serves you right, said Jane, the pert chambermaid, if you will take their money to get drunk on..
- show somebody the door
- To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc
o man shall laugh at me now that I'm down. Show him the door, Dig..
- show somebody the door
- To dismiss or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included
In Maryland, Rep. Connie Morella, a skillful, conscientious politician, was ousted. . . . The always-charming Morella . . . provided great constituent service. . . . Still, voters showed her the door.
- someone
- some person
Is someone there?.
- someone's
- The possessive adjective for someone
- someone's
- someone is
- someone's
- someone has
- something
- An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.
- something
- A talent or quality that is difficult to specify
She has a certain something.
- something
- An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense)
She wiped something with a cloth, wiped at the wall shelf, and put the something on it, clinking glass.
- something
- To a high degree
- something
- A quality to a moderate degree
The performance was something of a disappointment.
- something
- Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song
Oh how we somethinged on the hmmm hmm we were wed. Dear, was I ever on the stage?”.
- something
- an important person; a somebody
He looks a something behind that big desk.
- something
- Somebody or something who is superlative in some way
She's really something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing.
- something
- Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify
- steal somebody's thunder
- To detract from somebody's accomplishments or glory; to undermine
I don't mean to steal your thunder, but did you really do all that by yourself?.
- take somebody's word for it
- To believe what somebody tells one
I can't really check on that, so I'll have to take your word for it.
- tear a strip off somebody
- To scold vigorously
The boss tore a strip off him for arriving late to the meeting.
- that
- So, so much; very
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
- that
- indeed
That it is.
- that
- Which, who
I like the song that you wrote.
- that
- That thing
That was an interesting example.
- that
- To a given extent or degree; particularly
I'm just not that sick.
- that
- The (thing) being indicated (at a distance from the speaker, or previously mentioned, or at another time)
That battle was in 1450.
- that
- Connecting noun clause (as involving reported speech etc.)
He told me that the book is a good read.
- that
- Connecting a subordinate clause indicating purpose
He must die that others might live.
- the joke is on somebody
- The person who made the joke himself became the subject of a joke
Luckily, we will never pay this debt off, so perhaps the joke is on them after all.
- their
- Belonging to them
This is probably their cat.
- their
- Belonging to someone of unknown gender
- them
- Third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb
She treated them for a cold. (direct object).
- throw somebody a curve
- To surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction
He really threw me a curve when he asked me a personal question at work.
- tickle somebody's funny bone
- To amuse; to strike somebody as funny
I thought this cartoon might be just the sort of thing that would tickle your funny bone.
- what's eating somebody
- What is wrong? What is the problem (with somebody)? Inquired of somebody who is upset, worried, angry, etc
What's eating him? I've never seen him this worked up over anything before.
- wipe somebody's eye
- to defeat; to humiliate
- her
- High Efficiency Red
- her
- adv: here 32
- them
- In non-standard spoken English, them is sometimes used instead of `those'. `Our Billy doesn't eat them ones,' Helen said
- her
- The hard error rate is the frequency of errors caused by permanent physical defect in the memory system The hard error rate is usually much lower than the soft error rate
- her
- Sah'english | adronato
- her
- her WEAK STRONG Her is a third person singular pronoun. Her is used as the object of a verb or a preposition. Her is also a possessive determiner
- her
- You use her to refer to a woman, girl, or female animal. I went in the room and told her I had something to say to her I really thought I'd lost her. Everybody kept asking me, `Have you found your cat?' Her is also a possessive determiner. Liz travelled round the world for a year with her boyfriend James
- her
- pron. specific female; possessive form of she
- her
- Of them; their
- it
- Information Technology This is the name of the group of computer professionals in your company that manage the software, hardware, Internet, and e-mail systems In previous years known as Computer Systems, Computer Support, etc
- our
- You use our to indicate that something belongs or relates both to yourself and to one or more other people. We're expecting our first baby I locked myself out of our apartment and had to break in
- our
- pron. belonging to us
- our
- Our is the first person plural possessive determiner
- our
- A speaker or writer sometimes uses our to indicate that something belongs or relates to people in general. We are all entirely responsible for our actions, and for our reactions
- someone
- If you say that a person is someone or somebody in a particular kind of work or in a particular place, you mean that they are considered to be important in that kind of work or in that place. `Before she came around,' she says, `I was somebody in this town'. be someone to be or feel important
- someone
- {i} person, human, human being
- that
- to such a degree
- that
- singular and at a distance from the speaker
- that
- {s} pronoun used to indicate a specific person or thing
- that
- conj. in order for
- that
- As a relative pronoun, that is equivalent to who or which, serving to point out, and make definite, a person or thing spoken of, or alluded to, before, and may be either singular or plural
- that
- As a demonstrative pronoun pl
- that
- (pro ) mot, moht; rU, roo
- that
- pron. pronoun used to indicate a specific person or thing
- that
- That, as a demonstrative, may precede the noun to which it refers; as, that which he has said is true; those in the basket are good apples
- them
- dem
- Them
- him
Daphnis has forgotten me. He is dreaming of marrying some wealthy maiden. Ah! Why did I make him swear by his goats instead of by the Nymphs! He has forgotten them as he has forgotten me.
- Daphnis has forgotten me. He is dreaming of marrying some wealthy maiden. Ah! Why did I make him swear by his goats instead of by the Nymphs! He has forgotten them as he has forgotten me.
- them
- You use them instead of `him or her' to refer to a person without saying whether that person is a man or a woman. Some people think this use is incorrect. It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth
- them
- pron. those people (3rd person)
- bleed somebody dry
- Take away all somebody’s money
- bring somebody out in
- (Ev ile ilgili) If something brings you out in spots, a rash, etc., it causes spots to appear on your skin:
- our
- Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors
- that
- As an adjective, that has the same demonstrative force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun
- them
- The objective case of they
- them
- You use them to refer to a group of people, animals, or things. Kids these days have no one to tell them what's right and wrong His dark socks, I could see, had a stripe on them
- them
- them WEAK STRONG Them is a third person plural pronoun. Them is used as the object of a verb or preposition
- our
- See - or
- her
- {p} belonging to a female or woman
- me
- {p} the objective case of I
- our
- {p} pertaining or relating to us
- something
- {a} rather
- something
- {n} more or less, part
- that
- {c} because
You'll suffer because of that.
- You will suffer because of that.
You will suffer because of that.
- You'll suffer because of that.
- that
- {p} which, who, the thing
- their
- {p} plural of them
- them
- {p} plural the oblique case of they
- that
- Those, that usually points out, or refers to, a person or thing previously mentioned, or supposed to be understood
- I wouldn't put it past somebody
- To not be surprised if someone does something bad, because it is a typical thing for them to do
Perhaps Helena told him - I wouldn't put it past her.
- a cross somebody has to bear
- (deyim) An unpleasant situation or responsibility that you must accept because you cannot change it. Usage notes: In the past, criminals were made to carry crosses as a form of punishment
- a cross somebody has to carry
- (deyim) An unpleasant situation or responsibility that you must accept because you cannot change it. Usage notes: In the past, criminals were made to carry crosses as a form of punishment
- box somebody's ears
- (deyim) Hit someone, usually as a punishment
I'll box your ears, young man, if you come home late again!.
- butter somebody up
- Say nice things to someone so that they will do what you want
Don’t think you can butter me up that easily.
- cut somebody in on
- Include somebody, cut somebody in informal to allow someone to take part in a plan or to make money from it
Come on, Joey, you promised to cut me in on this one!.
- cut somebody some slack
- (deyim) To not judge someone as severely as you usually would because they are having problems at the present time
Andrew's late again. Cut him some slack - his wife's just had a baby.
- get behind somebody
- (deyim) Support someone
The crowd really got behind them and cheered them on.
- get somebody back
- (deyim) Get revenge, get back at
Lyle wants to get me back for seeing Betty. He's jealous.
- get your hands on somebody
- (deyim) to work with someone
- get your hands on somebody
- (deyim) to punish someone severely
- give somebody some slack
- (deyim) Allow someone to do something without criticizing them or making it more difficult:
Hey, cut me some slack, man. I’m only a few bucks short.
- have somebody over
- (deyim) Invite someone to your house
We will have you over when we settle into our new house.
- hit on somebody
- Make especially sexual overtures to
- invite somebody around
- Ask someone to come to your home
1. I've invited Clea and Alan round for dinner on Saturday.
2. We've been invited around to David's house tomorrow night. 3. They invited us round to watch their wedding video.
- it
- The branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information, information technology, infotech
- put it past somebody
- To not be surprised if someone does something bad, because it is a typical thing for them to do
Perhaps Helena told him - I wouldn't put it past her.
- saddle somebody with something
- (Botanik, Bitkibilim) Give somebody a responsibility or problem which they do not want and which will cause them a lot of work or difficulty
- send shivers down somebody's spine
- (deyim) Make someone feel very frightened or excited
- send shivers up somebody's spine
- (deyim) Make someone feel very frightened or excited
- sweep somebody off their feet
- (deyim) Cause someone to fall suddenly and completely in love with you
- turn somebody loose
- to give up control of someone or something, so they can do what they want
- wring somebody's neck
- (deyim) Used when you are very angry with someone: I’ll wring her neck when I get hold of her!
- wring somebody's neck
- (deyim) Punish someone who makes you upset or angry
- Him
- Pronoun when referring to God
- Him
- tis
- His
- Belonging to God
- ME
- region located between the eastern Mediterranean and India
- ME
- ME is a long-lasting illness that is thought to be caused by a virus. Its symptoms include feeling tired all the time and muscle pain. ME is an abbreviation for `myalgic encephalomyelitis'. = chronic fatigue syndrome, CFS. me WEAK STRONG A speaker or writer uses me to refer to himself or herself. Me is a first person singular pronoun. Me is used as the object of a verb or a preposition. He asked me to go to Cambridge with him She looked up at me, smiling. the written abbreviation for Maine. pron. Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
- ME
- form of the English language which was used from c.1100 to c.1500, language of Chaucer
- ME
- state in the eastern United States
