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run away withTo be misled by imagining that one's desires can come true.Rate it:

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run away withTo leave secretly with another person. Usually with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.Rate it:

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run for one's lifeTo run away desperately from danger.Rate it:

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run offTo chase someone away.Rate it:

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s'accorder comme chien et chatTo live a cat and dog life.Rate it:

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salt awayTo save or preserve (especially money) for future use.Rate it:

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scaredy cata children's word for a person who is easily frightenedRate it:

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scot-freeTo get away with something completely free from obligation, harm, or penaltyRate it:

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screw offTo go away at someone's urging; to bugger off.Rate it:

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scurry awayTo run away, especially fearfully.Rate it:

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se casserTo get lost, go away, leaveRate it:

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sécher sur piedTo pine away.Rate it:

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see which way the cat jumpsTo delay taking action until something else happens first.Rate it:

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sell awayTo sell all of an item or group of items.Rate it:

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sell awayTo sell a financial product without the authorization of one's employing broker-dealer to sell that product.Rate it:

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sell in may and go away"Sell in May and go away" is a popular adage or saying in the stock market that suggests investors should sell their stocks or investments in May and stay out of the market until the end of October. The idea behind this saying is that the stock market tends to experience weaker performance during the summer months, particularly from May to October. This pattern is often attributed to factors such as reduced trading activity, lower corporate earnings reports, or investors' vacation periods.Rate it:

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send awayTo dismiss from one's presence.Rate it:

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send awayTo send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.Rate it:

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send away forTo write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing.Rate it:

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send forTo send away for, to request a delivery of.Rate it:

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send someone packingTo expel, eject, or dismiss someone; to send away, chase off, or force out.Rate it:

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she would rip a dog off a gut wagonA gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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show a clean pair of heelsto run away quickly; to make an escape quickly; to outpaceRate it:

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shrink awayto draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy awayRate it:

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shrink backTo back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.Rate it:

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shut the front door!An exclamation of shock and/or disbelief; like saying, "No! Really?!" or "No way!" or "I don't believe it"Rate it:

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shy awayto draw back in fear, cringe, back downRate it:

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shy away fromto avoid, evadeRate it:

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shy away from somethingTo avoid certain locations, events, people, foods, etc.Rate it:

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sidepiecesexDescribes extra-marital or extra-relational physically intimate interaction with one other than one's spouse or longterm partner, with whom one also has some form of established relationship; term, song, and hastag by American Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe one of the acts in which her abusive ex-fiance may have been engaged, while absent from the home daily for 15 hours.Rate it:

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sinus urbis (Sall. Cat. 52. 35)the heart of the city.Rate it:

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six of one, half dozen of anotherIt makes no difference, they're still the same This expression is sometimes said a little differently, but is all the same no matter how it is said. Sometimes people say "half dozen" and sometimes "half a dozen " Also, sometimes the expression is "six of one, half dozen of THE other" and sometimes it is said, "six of one, half a dozen of ANother."Rate it:

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skin a catA word picture contrived for shock effect in expressing a variety of actions or accomplishments.Rate it:

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skoffedDo sartastically whistle air out of your mouth and look awayRate it:

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Sky is the LimitNo limits to achieve your goals, to go far away in reaching your destinationRate it:

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slattern awayTo consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.Rate it:

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slave awayTo work very hard.Rate it:

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slide offTo leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.Rate it:

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slip awayTo leave a place, or a gathering, without being noticed.Rate it:

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slip awayTo pass quickly, almost unnoticed.Rate it:

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slip awayTo disappear; to elude one.Rate it:

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slip awayTo die peacefully.Rate it:

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slug awayTo work very hard (at); to toilRate it:

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sneak awayTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being seen or heardRate it:

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sod offGo away.Rate it:

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softly, softly, catchee monkeyCapture a target without startling it to run away.Rate it:

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solosolo in the Kpop world means a single singer. if a pair they're a duet, and if three of more they are a group.Rate it:

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someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"Rate it:

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something's fishy in denmarkA shortened version of the expression, "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark"; the speaker is suspicious that there is or appears to be something wrong, amiss, illegal or dishonestRate it:

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spending money as if it were waterlack of respect for the dollar, frittering away one's paycheck.Rate it:

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