some adv.
to a great extent, very well or much.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | A New Tricke to Cheat the Divell I ii: sl.: Ile have Musicke, and the choicest Cates the Citty can Afford, and wine in abundance. rog.: And pay all. sl.: Yes, all and some. | |
| Provoked Husband II i: I’ll teach this Rascal some, I warrant him! | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Mass. Spy 28 Apr. [advert for a runaway] A tall fellow,. ... stammers some in his speech. | |
| St Louis Enquirer (MO) 23 Oct. n.p.: $150 Reward .... Virgil, a stout built, likely fellow, about 30 years of age,. ... has worked some at the blacksmith’s trade. | |
| Brother Jonathan III 385: [You are] on the huffy order, some, to night. | |
| Boston Pearl 2 Jan. n.p.: I have practised drawing some. | |
| Mysteries and Miseries of N.Y. III 46: Well, the old covey was scared some then, I reckon. | |
| Following The Drum 162: He had a brother in Northern Texas who had ‘got religion’ and ‘done well,’ and he thought ‘some’ of ‘getting it’ himself! | |
| Leaves from Diary of Celebrated Burglar 5/2: Well they knew their part, for such affairs [i.e. fights] were no unknown frequencies to them, ‘cross molls,’ as a general thing, being some on the buff. | |
| News & Herald (Winnsboro, SC) 13 July 1/2: The girls used to laugh at me some. | |
| Long Odds II 214: ‘If I understand Jack Cuxwold — and I know my dear old skipper pretty well — he sees his way into fooling old Mohammed some’. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Dead Bird (Sydney) 9 Aug. 2/1: Then the playful damsel felt she had got right off the line, and blushed some. | |
| Wolfville 16: The Lizard’s some quick, but Cherokee’s too soon for him. | |
| Blazed Trail 176: ‘I surmise we took that town apart some!’ remarked Shorty with satisfaction. | |
| Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 29 June 3/6: Those who know him best say he can fight some. | |
 | ‘Art of High Grading’ in Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (PA) Sun. Mag. 2 Jan. 8/1: ‘I am some busted’. | |
| The Gem 7 Oct. 14: I guess I’ve made them black cusses sorry for themselves – some! | |
| Over the Top 128: I’m from America [...] and want to join your damned army. I’ve got no use for a German and can shoot some. | |
| Black Mask Aug. III 17: Surprised? Some! | |
| Mules and Men (1995) 146: But countin’ from yo’ little finger back to the thumb; if she start anything Ah got her some. | |
| Death on the Nile 245: We’re used to responsibility. Doesn’t worry us any. | |
| Cry Tough! 90: The Italian leaned on his cue. ‘I can play some.’. | |
| Peyton Place (1959) 134: Growd some lately, ain’t she? | |
| On the Yard (2002) 25: They made me sweat some, but I finally gets them to break it down to grand theft. | |
| Union Dues (1978) 58: You let me catch you fuckin the dog again, so help me, you’ll be some sorry characters. | |
| Love Is a Racket 392: Tell him you did it; tell him you roughed me around some. |
In phrases
1. to go fast, to work hard, to do well; thus going some n.
| Actors’ Boarding House (1906) 51: Took seven bows. That’s goin’ some. | |
| My View on Books in N.Y. Times Mag. 21 May 7/4: [Charles] Reade is certainly able to go some. | |
| Psmith Journalist (1993) 215: Cosy Moments is going some now. | |
| Babbitt (1974) 99: Guess that’s going some, all right. | |
| Dames Don’t Care (1960) 5: I am going some — the speedometer says eighty. | |
| Growing Up in the Black Belt 133: ‘If my mother and I make 70 cents a day we feel like we been goin’ some’. | |
| Savage Night (1991) 126: You had to go some to beat him. |
2. to be excessive; thus going some n.
| Susan Lenox II 22: He had evidently been ‘going some’ for several days. | |
| Enemy to Society 329: The ‘Oiltown City Securities’ ’ull bring us jest $170,000 a year by themselves. [...] Guess that’s going some for one little block of stock? | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Ulysses 405: Steve boy, you’re going it some. | |
| Indep. Rev. 4 Mar. 8: I’ve asked some silly questions in my time, but this is going some. |