Even his own mother would not have recognized him.hishis /ɪz; strong hɪz/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner, pronoun [possessive form of ‘he’] 
Leo took off his coat and sat down. I love his sense of humour, don’t you? Even his own mother would not have recognized him. My eyesight is better than his. Lewis denies that the child is his. My relatives all live in the States – his are in France.of his Garry introduced us to some friends of his. Perhaps he’s ashamed of that car of his.2used to refer to something that belongs to or is connected with someone who may be male or female. Some people think this use is old-fashioned: Everyone had his own work to do. the obligations of a doctor to his patients
WORD ORIGINhis
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Old EnglishCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Even his own mother would not have recognized him. Garry introduced us to some friends of his.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He had killed a man with his bare hands. The slightest sound might betray his presence. He craned his neck above the crowd to get a better view. I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves). He sat stiffly, with a pained expression on his face. He held the pebble in the palm of his hand. a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods) He sprang to his feet (=stood up suddenly) and rushed after her. I told him straight to his face (=speaking directly to him) what I thought of him. John was a great footballer in his younger days (=when he was younger).
Even his own mother would not have recognized him. Garry introduced us to some friends of his. He had killed a man with his bare hands. The slightest sound might betray his presence. (=makes a low noise that shows fear or anger)· Cats sometimes hiss at dogs.
He craned his neck above the crowd to get a better view. I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves). He sat stiffly, with a pained expression on his face. He held the pebble in the palm of his hand. a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods) (=makes a noise which sounds like 'ssss')· The snake hissed at him and opened its mouth.
· There was an odd buzzing sound in her ears.
He sprang to his feet (=stood up suddenly) and rushed after her. I told him straight to his face (=speaking directly to him) what I thought of him. John was a great footballer in his younger days (=when he was younger).PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► every dog has its/his day► England expects that every man will do his duty► an Englishman’s home is his castle► his/her etc eyes were popping (out of his/her etc head)► what’s his face/what’s her face► a fool and his money are soon parted► God rest his/her soul► God rest his/her soul► God is in his heaven, all’s right with the world► his/her nibs► somebody puts his pants on one leg at a time► What’s your/his etc problem?► your/his/her Royal Highness► somebody can’t do something to save his/her life► God rest his/her soul► my/his/your etc word
1used to refer to something that belongs to or is connected with a man, boy, or male animal that has already been mentioned: - Even when your growing brain shared my blood, your dreams were yours alone.
- She had never helped with any of the bills, so he felt that the house was his alone.
- The next job was his alone.
- She ran to her mother as fast as her legs could carry her.
- Fathers should customize each to their own particular needs and situation.
- It is a case of each to his own cell with no slopping out.
- A calm emanated from the place, moving down through his torso and out to his fingertips.
- A tiny knot of tension throbbed at the back of her neck, running the length of her arms to her fingertips.
- He was a musician to his fingertips and he had a very subtle understanding of the interplay of characters on the stage.
- The spark ing leapt to his fingertips, and he was in her trance, his own skin alert to hers.
- There was a glorious sunset rush of pure-blooded warmth all over her back and right down to her fingertips.
- Though since Cara was a professional to her fingertips she supposed that she would.
- Jun. 805, where his Lordship dismissed a petition to expunge the proof of a surety against the estate of a co-surety.
- Nor did his Lordship draw any demarcation between administrative institutions and inferior courts for the purposes of review.
- The reason you want to see his lordship has nothing to do with gratitude and you know it.
- He had assumed his lordship like any other feudal lord.
- It was clear to him that if he said he could, his lordship would take him.
- Jun. 805, where his Lordship dismissed a petition to expunge the proof of a surety against the estate of a co-surety.
- Madeleine said she didn't mind, but you could see his lordship was going down like a dose of castor oil.
- Naturally, his lordship was greatly distressed and immediately made plans to dispatch funds and commiserations to Frau Bremann.
- The porter was reprimanded and a humble apology was presented to his Lordship.
- Thus it was that his greatest hurdle to date had been asking his lordship for a job.
- He was a man of his word, and I had great respect for his intellect.
- But Dan is a man of his word.
- Crazy Horse was a man of his word and was furious at the duplicity of the white man...
- He was, as much as was possible in a world where the buck was almighty, a man of his word.
- Curtis, for his part, wished he felt as confident as he had tried to sound.
- Gates, for his part, says he tries not to stray too far from talking about technology.
- I for my part have some difficulty in accepting that.
- I, for my part, would take the second of the two roads.
- Kennedy, for his part, seemed open to the reasonable accommodation.
- Mr McLean, for his part, will offer a guilty plea to the charge of actual bodily harm.
- My grandfather, for his part, had found lodgings for the two boys through an advertisement in a church magazine.
- Nick, for his part, really wants to live.
- Anyway, that's your problem.
- What about your commitment to - what's his name?
- It seemed that all the world and his wife were in Madrid.
- Nick and Clem will have invited half the world and his wife, anyway.
- Now all the world and his wife seems to have heard of them!
- Only all the world and his wife, if I know Igor.
- The reason the world and his wife head for these shores is they know that their chances of deportation are virtually non-existent.
- This also facilitated close up shots to be taken without the world and his wife looking on.
- Let her do her worst to reach him.
- Sometimes they successfully slowed or blocked the path of the conquistadores when these exploiters were out to do their worst.
- A cop worth his salt wouldn't take a bribe.
- Any journalist worth her salt would have got scads more out of the tall Czechoslovakian than she had, she thought glumly.
- No brass worth her salt was even up before twelve-thirty!
Leo took off his coat and sat down. I love his sense of humour, don’t you? Even his own mother would not have recognized him. My eyesight is better than his. Lewis denies that the child is his. My relatives all live in the States – his are in France.of his Garry introduced us to some friends of his. Perhaps he’s ashamed of that car of his.2used to refer to something that belongs to or is connected with someone who may be male or female. Some people think this use is old-fashioned: Everyone had his own work to do. the obligations of a doctor to his patients