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straighten upto start living a reformed lifeRate it:
straighten up and fly rightTo get serious and stop acting absurd, to get focusedRate it:
strait and narrowFollowing a good path in life.Rate it:
strange bedfellowsAn unusual combination or political alliance.Rate it:
strange birdAn unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.Rate it:
stranger on the phoneDr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.Rate it:
stranger things have happenedusually said when discussing something strange or asking if something is strangeRate it:
strap on a pairTo be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.Rate it:
strap upTo fasten with a strapRate it:
straw boatertype of hatRate it:
straw pollA survey of opinion which is unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.Rate it:
Straw that Broke Camel's BackOne last mistake leading to previous calamity or trouble, not able to bear more than one’s capacity,Rate it:
straw that stirs the drinkThe person who stimulates or inspires a group; the major factor affecting a trend or set of developments.Rate it:
streak of good luckA series of lucky events.Rate it:
street appealCurb appeal.Rate it:
streets aheadFar superior; much better or more advanced.Rate it:
streets behindfar inferior, much lesserRate it:
strength like the incredible hulkA poem about my mother in a coma for 6 months having seizures. She survived with such strengthRate it:
stress outTo become stressedRate it:
stress outTo inflict stress on.Rate it:
stretchTo lengthen by pulling.Rate it:
stretchTo lengthen when pulled.Rate it:
stretchTo pull tight.Rate it:
stretchTo get more use than expected from a limited resource.Rate it:
stretchTo make inaccurate by exaggeration.Rate it:
stretchTo extend physically, especially from limit point to limit point.Rate it:
stretchTo extend one’s limbs or another part of the body in order to improve the elasticity of one's musclesRate it:
stretchTo extend to a limit pointRate it:
stretchTo increase.Rate it:
stretchTo stretch the truth; to exaggerate.Rate it:
stretchTo sail by the wind under press of canvas.Rate it:
stretch limolong carRate it:
stretch of the imaginationUsed to ​describe things that are ​definitely not ​possible or ​correct.Rate it:
stretch one's legsTo walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down.Rate it:
stretch outTo lie fully extended.Rate it:
stretch outTo fully extend a part of the body.Rate it:
stretch the truthTo exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.Rate it:
strike a blowTo hitRate it:
strike a chordTo elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.Rate it:
strike a chordTo convey a feeling or meaning which someone personally internalizes and takes to heart.Rate it:
strike a happy mediumTo find a midway between two opposing or contradictory issues, to compromise on a problemRate it:
strike a lightRefers to a 'red headed ' person. As a friendly greeting, to state obviously (noticing their hair colour), refers to a brand of matches ('Redheads')Rate it:
strike backTo retaliateRate it:
strike downto kill someone or something, to cause to suddenly dieRate it:
strike downto knock downRate it:
strike downto invalidateRate it:
strike it luckyTo have unexpected good fortune.Rate it:
strike it richTo suddenly and unexpectedly become richRate it:
strike me pinkan exclamation of surpriseRate it:
strike one's flagTo take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.Rate it:

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