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stay outTo spend the evening out of one's house.Rate it:
stay outTo outstay; to stay longer than.Rate it:
stay overStay overnight in a place away from one's home, sleep over.Rate it:
stay putTo remain in one fixed place.Rate it:
stay the courseTo persist or continue.Rate it:
stay the distanceTo persist or continue, especially with regard to something difficult.Rate it:
stay togetherTo remain loyal in times of stress or difficulty; to avoid separation despite pressure to do so.Rate it:
stay tunedTo remain as a listener or viewer of the particular radio station or television channel to which one is currently paying attention.Rate it:
stay tunedTo wait or remain alert (for new developments or for further information).Rate it:
stay upTo remain awake, to not go to bed.Rate it:
stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:
staying the courseDon’t give up. Complete the task to the end.Rate it:
STCSubject to check.Rate it:
steady as a rockExtremely reliableRate it:
steady as she goesA cry to a helmsman to keep on the current course.Rate it:
steady hand on the tillerReliable, composed control.Rate it:
steady hand on the tillerA person exhibiting such control.Rate it:
steady the shipTo bring under controlRate it:
steady-as-she-goessteady; careful; avoiding sudden changeRate it:
steal a glanceTo look quickly at someone or something, hoping that nobody notices the action.Rate it:
steal a marchTo start early.Rate it:
steal a march onTo get ahead of someone or something by starting earlier.Rate it:
steal awayTo leave secretively.Rate it:
steal somebody's thunderTo detract from somebody's accomplishments or glory; to undermine.Rate it:
steal someone's heartTo captivate someone; to mesmerize someone.Rate it:
steal someone's thunderTo detract from somebody's accomplishments or glory; to undermine someone.Rate it:
steal the showTo be the best performer during a performance.Rate it:
steam upTo become steamy.Rate it:
steam upTo become coated with condensation. To fog up.Rate it:
steam upTo bring up to working steam pressure.Rate it:
steel drumscaribbean instrumentsRate it:
steely-eyedHaving a hard, strong, and determined look about oneself.Rate it:
steely-eyedHaving a hard, strong, and determined mindset / mentality.Rate it:
steely-nervedHaving a hard, strong, and determined mindset / mentality. Very steady nerves; great patience and courage.Rate it:
steely-nervedHaving a hard, strong, and determined mindset, with very steady nerves; great patience and courage.Rate it:
steely-spinedHaving a hard, strong, and determined mindset / mentality.Rate it:
steer clearTo avoid; to dodge; to sidestep.Rate it:
stem the roseTo have anal sex; to insert one's penis (stem) into another's anus (rose).Rate it:
stem the tideTo slow or stop the increase.Rate it:
stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:
step asideto move out of one's wayRate it:
step asideto make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service; substituted for ‘step down’ or ‘step away’Rate it:
step asideto deviate from the right or proper pathRate it:
step asideto walk to a little distance; retire for the occasionRate it:
step backUsed other than as an idiom: see step, back.Rate it:
step backTo stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.Rate it:
step backTo prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.Rate it:
step backto depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.Rate it:
step downTo resign from office.Rate it:
step downTo gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic step down transformer.Rate it:

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