Meaning
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One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.
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
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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