something

something idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with something, also see buy something; get (have) something on someone; get something straight; have something against; hold something against; hold (something) over; look like something the cat dragged in; make something of; not put something past one; on the ball, have something; (something) or other; pull something on; start something; take something; you know something?

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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