Found 207 phrases starting with SP: Page #2

Skip to:S - SBSC - SESF - SHSI - SKSL - SNSOSPSQSR - STSU - SWSX - SZ

speak toTo resonate with, to strike a chord in.Rate it:
speak toAddress the Topic, List Salient Features, Point-Up the Pros And Cons, Designate The Budgetary Requirements,, Focus On This Aspect, Delineate Definite DangersRate it:
speak too soonTo make a premature assumption which is later proven falseRate it:
speak upTo make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself.Rate it:
speak upTo talk more loudly or plainly.Rate it:
speak volumesTo express more than one actually said.Rate it:
speak volumesTo extend beyond the immediate topic under discussion.Rate it:
speak with a forked tongueTo speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.Rate it:
spear carrierA person in a play or movie with a minimal part; an extra.Rate it:
spear carrierOne who serves in a subordinate or menial role.Rate it:
spear carrierOne who plays a leading or substantial role as a supporter, proponent, etc. representing a group, cause, or point of view.Rate it:
special constablespart-time police volunteersRate it:
special deliveryA kind of postal service in which, for an extra fee, letters and packages are delivered in a highly expedited manner by a special courier.Rate it:
special deliveryA particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients.Rate it:
special deliverySomething-whether desirable or undesirable-which is intentionally given to a specific individual or which an individual receives rapidly and unexpectedly; the personalized, direct quality of the transmission of such an item.Rate it:
special needsNeeds for special care, services or accommodations.Rate it:
spectator sportA sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants.Rate it:
spectator sportAn activity which consists of watching or observing.Rate it:
spectator sportSomething, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.Rate it:
speech is silverspeech is valuable.Rate it:
speech is silverspeech is deceptive.Rate it:
speed freakAlternative spelling of speedfreak.Rate it:
speed freakA person who enjoys driving, riding motorcycles, etc. at high speeds.Rate it:
speed merchantSomeone who runs, drives or moves in a given way very fast.Rate it:
speed queen The feminine form of speed freak; a drug addict, that abuses stimulants/uppers in particular.Rate it:
speed upTo accelerate, to increase speed.Rate it:
Speedy GonzalesA fast person; someone who does something fast.Rate it:
spell offIn a spelling bee, of two or more participants, to spell words one after the other until a champion is determined. Usually refers to a series of rounds of spelling in which no spellers are eliminated.Rate it:
spell offTo participate in a spelling bee.Rate it:
spell outFrom its component letters.Rate it:
spend a pennyTo use the toilet.Rate it:
spend thriftA person who spends money quickly, foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences.Rate it:
spending money as if it were waterlack of respect for the dollar, frittering away one's paycheck.Rate it:
spew upto vomitRate it:
spic and spanPerfectly clean.Rate it:
spice upTo enhance the flavor of something by adding spice to it.Rate it:
spice upTo make more exotic, fun or extravagant.Rate it:
spick and spanAlternative form of spick-and-span.Rate it:
Spick and SpanExtremely neat and clean, very tidyRate it:
spick-and-spanClean, spotless; original sense "like new".Rate it:
spiders in the nightPenn station Halloween phraseRate it:
spiff upto decorate or otherwise make more attractiveRate it:
spike upto cause to become spikyRate it:
spike upto become spikyRate it:
spike upto increase sharplyRate it:
spill one's gutsTo confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive.Rate it:
spill one's seedTo masturbate or to ejaculate when the penis has been withdrawn from one's partner.Rate it:
spill outto exit (outside) in large quantitiesRate it:
spill outto be released without constraintRate it:
spill outUsed other than as an idiom: to spill out.Rate it:

We need you!

Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

Quiz

Are you a phrases master?

»
Seize the __________.
A second
B instant
C time
D moment

Browse Phrases.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ