Meaning

Synonyms

some one

a certain person

certain person

Mr So-and-so

Mrs So-and-so

some others

what’s-his-name

“Mr So-and-so”

keep after

to attach oneself

paint a sullen picture

paint a grim picture

draw a sombre picture

paint a lugubrious picture

paint a sombre picture

paint a saturnine picture

paint a dire picture

paint a bleak picture

paint a dreary picture

paint a morbid picture

draw a lugubrious picture

paint a gloomy picture

paint a somber picture

paint a seamy picture

paint a dismal picture

draw a somber picture

paint a drab picture

any man alive

one-man

someone’s

the others

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
some‧one
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsʌmwʌn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one.

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