some : Idioms & Phrases

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Definitions
  1. A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos) the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
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Etymology
AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam, Icel. samr, Goth. lustusams longed for. See Same, a., and cf. Some, a.
Definitions
  1. An adjective suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
Webster 1913

All and some

  • individually and collectively, one and all. Obs. "Displeased all and some." Fairfax.
Webster 1913

and then some

  • adverb and considerably more in addition
    • it cost me a week's salary and then some
WordNet

catch some z's

  • verb be asleep
    slumber; kip; sleep; log Z's.
WordNet

in some manner

  • adverb in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
    someway; someways; somehow; in some manner.
    • they managed somehow
    • he expected somehow to discover a woman who would love him
    • he tried to make is someway acceptable
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in some way

  • adverb in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means
    someway; someways; somehow; in some manner.
    • they managed somehow
    • he expected somehow to discover a woman who would love him
    • he tried to make is someway acceptable
WordNet

Other some

  • some others. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

Some . . . some

  • one part . . . another part; these . . . those; used distributively.
Webster 1913

some other

  • adjective satellite any of various alternatives; some other
    another.
    • put it off to another (or some other) day
WordNet

To put one's legs under some one's mahogany

  • to dine with him. Slang
Webster 1913