be+someone's+doing

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• be someone's doing — be someone’s doing phrase to be someone’s fault We’re very late, and it’s all your doing. Thesaurus: to be someone s responsibilitysynonym Main entry: doing * * * be the creation or fault of the person named he looked at Lisa as though it was all …   Useful english dictionary

• bounce someone into (doing) something — british mainly journalism phrase to make someone do something when they did not really want to do it or needed more time to think about it She felt she’d been bounced into accepting the invitation. Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do… …   Useful english dictionary

• sweet-talk (someone) into (doing something) — to persuade someone to do something by saying nice things to them. Don t let him sweet talk you into staying the night …   New idioms dictionary

• join someone in (doing) something — phrase to do or say something with other people They joined us in complaining about the service we received in the restaurant. I’m sure everyone joins me in wishing Caroline and David a long and happy marriage. Thesaurus: to do something with… …   Useful english dictionary

• be someone's doing — to be someone s fault We re very late, and it s all your doing …   English dictionary

• argue someone into (doing) something — argue someone into/out of/(doing) something british phrase to persuade someone to do not to do something I’ve managed to argue him out of going to the match. Thesaurus: to encourage someone to do or to not do somethingsynonym Main entr …   Useful english dictionary

• talk someone into (doing) something — talk someone into/out of/(doing) something phrase to persuade someone to do something or not to do something I talked her into going to London with me. His father talked him out of moving out. Thesaurus: to encourage someone to do or to not do… …   Useful english dictionary

• someone must be mad (to do something) — mainly spoken phrase used for saying that someone is doing something very stupid, or has done something very stupid You must be mad to sell that beautiful house. Thesaurus: ways of saying someone is stupid or sillysynonym Main entry: mad …   Useful english dictionary

• doing — do|ing [ˈdu:ıŋ] n 1.) be sb s (own) doing if something bad is someone s doing, they did or caused it ▪ If you fall into this trap, it will be all your own doing. 2.) take some doing informal to be hard work ▪ We had to be on the parade ground for …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• doing — noun 1 be sb s doing if something bad is someone s doing, they did it: This mess is all your doing. 2 take some doing to be hard work: Sorting this lot out is going to take some doing. 3 doings BrE a) (plural) things that someone does b) (C)… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• doing — do|ing [ duıŋ ] noun be someone s doing to be someone s fault: We re very late, and it s all your doing. take some doing used for saying that something will be very difficult to do: It will take some doing to finish this before five o clock …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English