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sooner or laterEventually, at some undetermined point in the not-too-distant future.Rate it:

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soplar y sorber, no puede seryou can't have your cake and eat it tooRate it:

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speak too soonTo make a premature assumption which is later proven falseRate 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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spill one's seedTo masturbate or to ejaculate when the penis has been withdrawn from one's partner.Rate it:

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spirit awayTo remove without anyone's noticing.Rate it:

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split offTo break away from a group or mass.Rate it:

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square awayTo finish, complete, tidy or put in order.Rate it:

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squirrel awayTo stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply, so as to recall a squirrel's burying of nuts.Rate it:

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staircase witThinking of an idea or course of action too late to use it effectively, or the tendency to do so.Rate it:

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stalking horseA candidate put forward to serve a hidden, ulterior purpose in a political campaign, such as testing the field for another potential candidate by gauging voter sentiment or covertly helping another candidate by attracting voters away from a third candidate.Rate it:

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stand backTo stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler.Rate it:

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stand the test of timeTo remain useful or valued over a long period of time; to last a long time.Rate it:

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stay overStay overnight in a place away from one's home, sleep over.Rate it:

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steal awayTo leave secretively.Rate it:

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step asideto make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service; substituted for ‘step down’ or ‘step away’Rate it:

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step overTo relocate oneself to a position of a few steps away; step asideRate it:

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store awayTo keep a supply of something, in a place or container.Rate it:

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stow awayto stow or secure aloof in a safe placeRate it:

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stow awayto obtain passage by secreting oneself inside before departureRate it:

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straight awayVery soon; quickly; immediately.Rate it:

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straight out the gateImmediately, right from the start. Right away.Rate it:

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stretch limolong carRate it:

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strip awayTo ignore a factor which obscures the reality.Rate it:

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strip awayTo remove something bit by bit.Rate it:

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studio alicuius rei provectus summy zeal for a thing has led me too far.Rate it:

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success is a journey not an eventsuccess is a life long journeyRate it:

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success is a journey not an eventSuccess is a life long journeyRate it:

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sur ce il s'en allaAfter that he went away.Rate it:

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sur le champright awayRate it:

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swallow the dickTo use long words without knowledge of their meaning.Rate it:

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swallow your pride!To accept that you have to do something that you think is embarrassing or that you think you are too good to do.Rate it:

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sweep awayTo remove something by, or as if by, sweeping.Rate it:

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sweep awayTo overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet.Rate it:

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sweep awayto completely destroy, to annihilateRate it:

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tail awayTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail off.Rate it:

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tail offTo gradually subside or diminish; to tail away.Rate it:

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take a hikeTo go away; to leave or depart.Rate it:

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take a long walk off a short pierUsed to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.Rate it:

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take a picture, it will last longeran ironic statement said after being stared at for a long time.Rate it:

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take a powderTo leave in a hurry; run away; scram; depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with a connotation of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility.Rate it:

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take apartTo move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.Rate it:

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take awayTo leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.Rate it:

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take awayTo subtract or diminish something.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.Rate it:

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take awayTo make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.Rate it:

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take awayTo prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.Rate it:

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take away fromTo make something seem not so good or interesting.Rate it:

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take it awayTo begin, especially used to launch a performance of some sort (usually imperative and/or exclamatory).Rate it:

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