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stop pressThe event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.Rate it:
stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:
stop that girl!To stop someoneRate it:
stop the carWhen giving directions to a person, indicates that he or she should stop the vehicle.Rate it:
stop the lightsAn interjection expressing exasperation or incredulity. or to illustrate the humour in a situation.Rate it:
stop the pressesAn imperative form used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments.Rate it:
stop throwing shadesThis means to refrain from throwing sarcasm to a person either via SMS or in personal conversation. It calls to rather get direct to the point. It is like firing a bullet at point blank.Rate it:
stop upTo fill a hole or cavity, or block an opening or passage, as with a plug.Rate it:
stop upTo increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.Rate it:
stopping the inkStopping something with no explanation at all.Rate it:
store awayTo keep a supply of something, in a place or container.Rate it:
store upTo build up a supply of something, usually for use at a particular time in the future, when the time is right.Rate it:
storm inTo enter a place angrily.Rate it:
storm in a tea-kettleA big fuss made in a small context.Rate it:
storm offto leave somewhere angrily; see also: storm outRate it:
storm outTo leave or depart angrily; see also: storm offRate it:
storm out of the blocksTo begin rapidly.Rate it:
storybook lifeAn individual's life experiences of such nature as to be worthy of an award winning biography.Rate it:
stovepipe hatA type of top hat worn mainly in the 19th century, made of silk or other materials and having a very tall, cylindrical, flat-topped crown.Rate it:
stow awayto stow or secure aloof in a safe placeRate it:
stow awayto obtain passage by secreting oneself inside before departureRate it:
straighen-upMy Mother yelled this to ME on many occasions:Rate it:
straight and narrowA path of honesty; procedure according to rules and plans.Rate it:
straight arrowA person of conventional moralityRate it:
straight as an arrowvery straight, travelling in a very straight trajectory.Rate it:
straight awayVery soon; quickly; immediately.Rate it:
straight faceA face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.Rate it:
straight from the horse's mouthDirectly from the source; firsthand.Rate it:
Straight from the Horse's MouthSomething coming directly from the main, authentic or reliable source direct from trustworthy person or placeRate it:
straight from the shoulderDone in a direct manner; blunt.Rate it:
Straight from the ShoulderTo be telling something frankly and honestly, not lying about anything, to be candid or just with someoneRate it:
straight goodsThe truth; the facts.Rate it:
straight goodsSomeone or something authentic.Rate it:
straight manA member of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in preparatory dialog with the principal comedian; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.Rate it:
straight out of the chuteSomething done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.Rate it:
straight out the gateImmediately, right from the start. Right away.Rate it:
straight shooterA person who is honest and forthright.Rate it:
straight shooterA person who is blunt, sometimes to the point of being harsh or offensive.Rate it:
straight shooterA type of pipe used for smoking cocaine.Rate it:
straight to the pointSay something directlyRate it:
straighten outTo make straight.Rate it:
straighten outTo correct or rectify.Rate it:
straighten outTo eliminate confusion from or concerning.Rate it:
straighten outTo correct; to stop doing something wrong.Rate it:
straighten upTo become straight, or straighterRate it:
straighten upto steer straightRate it:
straighten upto sit up straight, to stop hunching.Rate it:
straighten upto deal with; put in orderRate it:
straighten upto tidy; tidy upRate it:
straighten upTo clarifyRate it:

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