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stalking horseA person, thing, or expedient used in a deceptive manner, to achieve some hidden purpose; a pretext or ruse.Rate 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 byTo wait in expectation of some event; to make ready.Rate it:

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stand offTo stand some distance apart form something or someone.Rate it:

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stand to reasonTo make sense; to seem logical, reasonable, or rational.Rate it:

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

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statuam alicui ponere, constituereto set up a statue in some one's honour.Rate it:

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stay backTo keep one's distance from a place, often because of some danger.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 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 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 a fork in somethingUsed to indicate that something or someone is finished, or, in a broader sense, defeated or ruined.Rate it:

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stick it to the manTo take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government.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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sticking pointA disputed issue or state of affairs that causes an interruption or outright impasse in progress towards some goal or resolution, especially in negotiation or argumentation.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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strap on a pairTo be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so.Rate it:

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strike downto knock downRate it:

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strike outTo draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.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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studio ad rem publicam ferrito throw oneself heart and soul into politics.Rate it:

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studio alicuius rei aliquem incendereto make some one enthusiastic for 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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sub imperio et dicione alicuius esseto be subject to some one, under some one's dominion.Rate it:

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subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion.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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subsidium alicui summittereto send relief to some one.Rate it:

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suck intoTo cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.Rate it:

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suck upTo adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.Rate it:

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sui potestatem facere, praebere alicuito give audience to some one.Rate it:

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summa necessitudine aliquem contingereto stand in very intimate relations to some one.Rate it:

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summo iure agere cum aliquo (cf. summum ius, summa iniuria)to proceed against some one with the utmost rigour of the law; to strain the law in one's favour.Rate it:

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summon upTo look within oneself to find and put into action a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.Rate it:

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supplicium sumere de aliquoto exact a penalty from some one.Rate it:

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suspicio (alicuius rei) cadit in aliquem, pertinet ad aliquema suspicion falls on some one.Rate it:

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swap outTo transfer into a swap file.Rate it:

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sweet as pieextremely sweet (in the sense of cute, lovely).Rate it:

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T-minusUsually specifies the remaining time until some future event.Rate it:

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tâchez de faire quelques provisionsTry and collect some provisions.Rate it:

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tag teamTwo or more people or groups acting alternately to accomplish some task.Rate it:

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tail inTo fasten by one of the ends into a wall or some other support.Rate it:

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take a leap of faithjump into the fray, gather all one's wits and plunge, take courage and step into the unknown:Rate it:

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take aloftTo successfully fly into the air.Rate it:

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take apartTo dismantle something into it's component pieces.Rate it:

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take backTo cause to remember some past event or time.Rate it:

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take fiveTo take a five-minute break from some activity, take a short break from some activity.Rate it:

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take inTo receive into your home for the purpose of processing for a fee.Rate it:

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take into accountOr pay attention to; to notice.Rate it:

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