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sleep camelA person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.Rate it:
sleep inTo sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.Rate it:
sleep like a babyTo sleep very well, especially peacefullyRate it:
sleep like a logTo sleep heavily, long and without disturbance.Rate it:
sleep offTo get rid of by sleeping.Rate it:
sleep onTo consider after a period of sleep, implying a decision will be made the next day.Rate it:
Sleep on ItTo take time in taking a decision , to delay one’s decision or plan because it is yet to be ponder uponRate it:
sleep on itTo postpone a decision until the following day to avoid making a hasty choice.Rate it:
sleep overTo spend the night as a guest in someone's home.Rate it:
sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.Rate it:
sleep tightIf you keep yourself tightly bundled you will sleep warm and rest well.Rate it:
sleep togetherTo have sex with.Rate it:
sleep togetherTo be intimate with another person in the same bed.Rate it:
sleep under the same bridgea critique of a law where circumstances are ignored.Rate it:
sleep under the same bridgeTo be formally, but not actually, equal under the law.Rate it:
sleep withTo share a bed or bedroom with.Rate it:
sleep withTo have sexual intercourse with.Rate it:
sleep with the fishesTo be killed and have one's body disposed off in the sea or other body of water.Rate it:
sleeping at the switchVariant form of asleep at the switch.Rate it:
sleeping giantSomeone or something with great, latent strength.Rate it:
sleeping partnerA sleeping partner is a partner who has invested capital in a firm but plays no part in its management.Rate it:
sleeping policemanA speed bump.Rate it:
sleepy headA very tired person.Rate it:
sleeves from one's vestSomething non-existent; something of no value or cost.Rate it:
sleight of handThe required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.Rate it:
sleight of handA performance of such skill.Rate it:
sleight of handAny form of skillful deception.Rate it:
slender reedA person, fact, or resource on which one can rely only to a limited extent.Rate it:
slice and diceDivide and organise information into smaller parts to better analyse it in various ways waysRate it:
slice of the pieUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see slice,‎ pie.Rate it:
slice of the pieA portion of some desirable resource or reward.Rate it:
slick backTo make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.Rate it:
slick downTo make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.Rate it:
slide offTo leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.Rate it:
slide offUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see slide,‎ off.Rate it:
slim chanceLittle or no likelihood of occurrence or success.Rate it:
slim downTo reduce one's weight; to become thinner.Rate it:
Sling HashTo serve as a waiter or waitress in small cheap restaurant and serving inexpensive and inelegant foodRate it:
sling offTo criticise or mockRate it:
sling off the bluesIt is not uncommon for individuals to become discouraged, down in the dumps, and want to throw in the towel.Rate it:
sling one's hookTo leave.Rate it:
slings and arrowsMisfortune or adversity that is not one's fault; adverse factors or circumstances; also, judgments, harsh criticisms, or personal attacksRate it:
slip awayTo die peacefully.Rate it:
slip awayTo disappear; to elude one.Rate it:
slip awayTo leave a place, or a gathering, without being noticed.Rate it:
slip awayTo pass quickly, almost unnoticed.Rate it:
slip byto go unnoticedRate it:
slip byto pass without having been taken advantage of.Rate it:
slip downTo be easily imbibed; to be easy to drink.Rate it:
slip her cablesRelease, loose, disconnect mooring lines,cables securing a vessel to a harbor buoy.Rate it:

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