Collocations for "somebody"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "somebody" in context.
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somebody
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- wants to be a somebody (someday)
- is [struggling, striving] to be a somebody
- has finally become a somebody
- is a somebody in the [company, town]
- has gone from a nobody to a somebody
- [thinks of, rates] himself as a somebody
- looking for somebody who [can, might, will]
- needs somebody to [help, love, go with]
- can somebody [phone, call] the police?
- somebody [must, should, ought to] know
- does this belong to somebody?
- is this somebody's?
- somebody has [stolen, taken, run off with]
- somebody call [a doctor, the police, 911]!
- wants to be a somebody (someday)
- is [struggling, striving] to be a somebody
- has finally become a somebody
- is a somebody in the [company, town]
- has gone from a nobody to a somebody
- [thinks of, rates] himself as a somebody
'somebody' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):