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slip into something more comfortableTo wear something suitable to be stripped off by a lover.Rate it:

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slop bowlOne of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.Rate it:

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slot inTo put something into a slot.Rate it:

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slot inTo put something into its desired placeRate it:

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smear campaignAn effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.Rate it:

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smooth sailingEasy going, an unbumpy ride into the future.Rate it:

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snarl upTo put into disarray; contort; confuse; muddle upRate it:

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socium se adiungere alicuito attach oneself to a person's society.Rate it:

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somme touteAfter all; Taking everything into consideration; To conclude.Rate it:

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somno or quieti se tradereto lay oneself down to sleepRate it:

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sort oneself outTo calm down emotionally.Rate it:

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sort oneself outTo organize or solve one's personal problems.Rate it:

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sort outTo organise or separate into groups, as a collection of items, so as to make tidy.Rate it:

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speak for oneselfExpressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another.Rate it:

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speak for oneselfTo provide an opinion only on one's own behalf.Rate it:

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speak upTo make oneself or one's opinions known; to advocate or assert oneself.Rate it:

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spill overTo enter into another zone by way of accident or overcrowding; to overflow.Rate it:

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spit into the windAlternative form of piss in the windRate it:

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split upsplit into smaller groups or to go in different directionsRate it:

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spring upTo come rapidly into existence.Rate it:

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sprunt upTo draw oneself up suddenly, as in anger or defiance; to bristle up.Rate it:

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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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squeeze intoTo go into; to barely fit into.Rate it:

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squeeze intoTo put on.Rate it:

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stack upTo put into a stackRate it:

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stand asideTo temporarily recuse oneself from action or decision-making in some domain.Rate it:

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stand in the gapTo expose oneself for the protection of something; to make defence against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.Rate it:

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stand one's groundFinding oneself in a disagreement, confrontation, at odds with others, accused of misfeasance/malfeasance.Rate it:

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stand upTo bring something up and set it into a standing position.Rate it:

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steely-eyedHaving a hard, strong, and determined look about oneself.Rate it:

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stem the roseTo have anal sex; to insert one's penis (stem) into another's anus (rose).Rate it:

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step backTo prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.Rate it:

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step backto depart driving the train following the train they arrived into the station driving, so as to decrease service turnaround time.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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step overA dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in.Rate it:

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stick one's neck outTo take a risk, putting oneself in a vulnerable position.Rate it:

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stick one's oar inTo meddle; to stick one's nose into (something)Rate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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stop upTo increase the aperture of a photographic lens, moving from an f/stop represented by a higher number to an f/stop represented by a lower number and causing more light to pass into the camera.Rate it:

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

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strictis gladiis in hostem ferrito throw oneself on the enemy with drawn sword.Rate it:

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strike out into unknown territoryVenture forth into a new or unknown business, theme, vacation, personal relationship or program.Rate it:

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strip offTo remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.Rate it:

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stuck upSnobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others; haughty.Rate it:

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studio ad rem publicam ferrito throw oneself heart and soul into politics.Rate it:

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studium, industriam (not diligentiam) collocare, ponere in aliqua reto apply oneself zealously, diligently to a thing.Rate it:

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stuffThe tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.Rate it:

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stuff the ballot boxTo commit fraud in an election by depositing extra or otherwise illegitimate ballots into the container holding voters' ballots, in an attempt to predetermine the outcome.Rate it:

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sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abireto fly aloft; to be carried into the sky.Rate it:

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subsidere in insidiis (Mil. 19. 49)to place oneself in ambush.Rate it:

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