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run adriftTo be aimless or pointless; to make no progress.Rate it:

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run afterTo make a determined effort to win someone's affections.Rate it:

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run awayTo leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.Rate it:

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run offTo make photocopies, or print.Rate it:

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run upTo make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.Rate it:

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rus excurrereto make a pleasure-trip into the country.Rate it:

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sauce upto make something more saucy; to sex upRate it:

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save faceTo take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.Rate it:

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scale backTo make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.Rate it:

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scelere se devincire, se obstringere, astringito commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.Rate it:

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scelus (in se) concipere, suscipereto commit a crime and so make oneself liable to the consequences of it.Rate it:

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score offTo defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).Rate it:

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Scrape the Bottle of the BarrelTo make use of something from leftover and off cuts. To be left to choose from scrap or residueRate it:

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scratch byTo get by; make ends meetRate it:

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screw aroundTo make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.Rate it:

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screw upTo make a mess of; to ruin.Rate it:

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screw upTo blunder; to make a mistake.Rate it:

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se imperio alicuius subicere (not alicui)to make one's submission to some one.Rate it:

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se mettre au beau(of the weather) To clear up.Rate it:

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see toTo take care of; to effect; to make happen.Rate it:

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see to it that...to make sure that...Rate it:

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sell wolf ticketsTo make empty threats or promises; to bluff.Rate it:

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semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebitnothing will ever make me forgetful of him.Rate it:

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send out forTo make an order for something to be delivered, especially takeaway food.Rate it:

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send shivers down someone's spineTo terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.Rate it:

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send upTo make prices or temperatures etc. rise.Rate it:

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sensus movere (more strongly pellere)to make an impression on the senses.Rate it:

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set apartTo distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).Rate it:

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set by the earsTo make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.Rate it:

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set straightTo correct; to make right or true.Rate it:

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set the tableTo make a future outcome possible.Rate it:

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set upto trick someone in order to make them do something.Rate it:

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set upTo make proud or conceited.Rate it:

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set upTo profess openly; to make pretensions.Rate it:

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settle onTo make a decision or selection; to decide.Rate it:

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sex upTo make more palatable or acceptable to the general public; to improve the image or perception.Rate it:

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sex upTo make more sexually attractive.Rate it:

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shake outTo agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.Rate it:

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shake upTo reorganize, to make reforms in.Rate it:

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shed light onTo illuminate; to make clear.Rate it:

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shed light uponIlluminate to the understanding; make intelligible; clarify or explain (something unknown).Rate it:

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shipping them greenWhen a ship is heading into waves, its bow will sometimes plunge into the onrushing wave. At first, spray will break over the bow, but as the height of the waves increases, the bow will plunge deeper into the wave, and instead of spray, unbroken green water will pour onto the Fo'c'sle and decks. Hence the seafarer's expression "Shipping them green", implying worsening weather, or, by extension, a worsening and/or dangerous or unsatisfactory situation.Rate it:

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shoot one's mouth offTo make reckless or exaggerated statements.Rate it:

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short reckonings make long friendsborrowed money should be paid back as soon as possibleRate it:

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short-sheetTo play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.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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show upTo make visible; to expose.Rate it:

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si le temps le permetWind and weather permitting.Rate it:

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sibi aliquem, alicuius animum reconciliare or reconciliari alicuito be reconciled; to make up a quarrel.Rate it:

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simplify to amplifyMake something more simple to give it more focusRate it:

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