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Meaning of "in someone's good graces" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IN SOMEONE'S GOOD GRACES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IN SOMEONE'S GOOD GRACES

in season
in seventh heaven
in short
in short supply
in situ
in so far as
in so many words
in someone´s bad books
in someone´s black books
in someone´s good books
in someone´s judgment
in someone´s power
in spadefuls
in spades
in specie
in spite of
in step
in stitches
in stock
in store

WORDS THAT END LIKE IN SOMEONE'S GOOD GRACES

anthraces
belt-and-braces
boraces
braces
cephalothoraces
embraces
Graces
high places
hydrothoraces
hyraces
kick over the traces
mesothoraces
metathoraces
picnic races
prothoraces
races
rock hyraces
terraces
the races
thoraces

Synonyms and antonyms of in someone's good graces in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «in someone's good graces» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

在别人的石榴裙下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en buena gracia de alguien
570 millions of speakers

English

in someone´s good graces
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

किसी की अच्छी गौरव में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في النعم شخص ما جيدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в чьих-то милости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em alguém boas graças
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেউ ভাল বইয়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dans les bonnes grâces de quelqu´un
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dalam buku yang baik seseorang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

in jemandes Gunst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

誰かの好意にある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다른 사람의 칭찬을 받겠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing buku apik wong
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong ân sủng của một ai đó tốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யாரோ நல்ல புத்தகங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एखाद्याच्या चांगल्या पुस्तकांमध्ये
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Birinin iyi kitaplarında
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nelle grazie di qualcuno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w czyjeś łaski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в чиїхось милості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în grațiile cuiva bune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σε καλή χάρες κάποιου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

in iemand se goeie genades
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i någons gunst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

i noens gode nåde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of in someone's good graces

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IN SOMEONE'S GOOD GRACES»

The term «in someone's good graces» is normally little used and occupies the 133.906 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN SOMEONE'S GOOD GRACES»

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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
1; IN sOMEONE's GOOD GRACEs. in someone's corner On someone's side, supporting someone. The term originated in boxing, where a fighter's trainer and assistant are in his or her corner (one of two diagonally opposite angles in a boxing ...
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and ...
UK us if the cap fits if the shoe fits in a funk frightened in a trice in a heartbeat/in a New York minute in donkeys years in forever in future in the future in queer street up the creek + in someone's good books in someone's good graces + jump the ...
Christopher Davies, 2007
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Setting Boundaries® for Women:
Do you do things you know are wrong in order to stay in someone's good graces ? 4. Do you overlook or make excuses for someone's bad behavior or abuse? 5. Are you fearful of what life would be like 16 Setting Boundaries for Women.
Allison Bottke, 2013
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Basque-English Dictionary
v.t. to be in someone's good graces, edergai (G,U) n. ornament, decoration, edergailu (L,LN,Z,U) n. ornament. Belarrietako edergailuak. Earrings. Cf. apaingai, apaingailu. edergarri (C) IT. ornament. adj. aesthetic, decorative, ornamental.
Gorka Aulestia, 1989
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Widowhood: The Death of a Spouse
To be in someone's good graces is to be in someone's favour. The other looks favourably upon us; there is a positive perception. That is relationship. THE EMERGENCE OF PERSONHOOD Within relationships, the fabric of our identities is ...
Janice Rock, Michael Rock, 2004
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L.I.F.E. Guide for Men
Maybe you think you'll be let off the hook or get back in someone's good graces. Those are flawed motives that will taint your actions. Refer again to the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. He wasn't trying to regain his status as a son. In fact  ...
Mark Laaser, 2002
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L.I.F.E. Guide for Women
Maybe you think you'll be let off the hook or get back in someone's good graces. Those are flawed motives that will taint your actions. Refer again to the story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. He wasn't trying to regain his status as a son. In fact  ...
Marnie C. Feree, 2003
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Great in Bed
Angle. the. spotlight. By inquiring about the other person's life, you're demonstrating that you're not only fully present and engaged in the conversation, but also that you're intrigued by them. The quickest way to get in someone's good graces is ...
Debby Herbenick, Grant Stoddard, 2012
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Walking Light: Memoirs and Essays on Poetry
We have our saving graces, we are graced by one's presence, we seek to be in someone's good graces, and sometimes we need grace periods, which instructively, are given these days more by banks than by other higher powers. A recent ...
Stephen Dunn, 2001
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Macmillan Dictionary for Children
Verb. • in someone's good graces. Liked or approved by someone: I'm not in their good graces because I behaved badly at their party. grace (gras) noun, plural graces; verb, graced, gracing. graceful Beautiful or pleasing in design, movement , ...
Robert B. Costello, 2001

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IN SOMEONE'S GOOD GRACES»

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Book Excerpt: 'Hedge Fund Wives'
John wasn't kidding when he said that if in the real world you get one chance to get in someone's good graces, when it comes to the superrich, ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 09»

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