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stop and smell the rosesTo relax; to take time out and enjoy or appreciate life.Rate it:

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stop throwing shadesThis means to refrain from throwing sarcasm to a person either via SMS or in personal conversation. It calls to rather get direct to the point. It is like firing a bullet at point blank.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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storm offto leave somewhere angrily; see also: storm outRate it:

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storm outTo leave or depart angrily; see also: storm offRate it:

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storm out of the blocksTo begin rapidly.Rate it:

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straight out of the chuteSomething done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.Rate it:

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

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straighten outTo make straight.Rate it:

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straighten outTo eliminate confusion from or concerning.Rate it:

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straighten outTo correct or rectify.Rate it:

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straighten outTo correct; to stop doing something wrong.Rate it:

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strength like the incredible hulkA poem about my mother in a coma for 6 months having seizures. She survived with such strengthRate it:

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stress outTo become stressedRate it:

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stress outTo inflict stress on.Rate it:

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stretch outTo lie fully extended.Rate it:

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stretch outTo fully extend a part of the body.Rate it:

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strike a lightRefers to a 'red headed ' person. As a friendly greeting, to state obviously (noticing their hair colour), refers to a brand of matches ('Redheads')Rate it:

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strike outTo strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation.Rate it:

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strike outTo lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.Rate 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 outto treat something as settledRate it:

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strike outOf a batter, to be retired after three strikes; of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.Rate it:

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strike outTo fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a date.Rate it:

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strike outTo begin to make one's way.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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string togetherTo connect or attach using string or a string-like material.Rate it:

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stringed like a puppetMake someone do your stuff, and quietly take over you and your decisions.Rate it:

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strip outTo remove.Rate it:

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stub outTo extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.Rate it:

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stub outTo eradicateRate it:

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stuffed like a turkeyEngorged from overeating.Rate it:

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style it outTo appear confident.Rate it:

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style it outTo pretend not to be embarrassed; to deny that an embarrassing thing ever happened.Rate it:

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sub outTo remove from something or to have one's place taken, especially in sports.Rate it:

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such asLike, of the kind mentioned.Rate it:

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suck outUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see suck,‎ out.Rate it:

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suck outTo win a hand, usually on a showdown, by hitting a card on the turn or river to make a better hand than one's opponent, even though one had a significantly inferior hand on the flop.Rate it:

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sue outTo petition for and take out, or to apply for and obtain.Rate it:

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sugar glider or sugar bearA small gliding marsupial often kept as a pet. Looks like a rodent. Known for being carried in owners’ pockets and other concealed places.Rate it:

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sunder outTo remove a piece of something from the whole; separate out.Rate it:

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sunder outTo separate or set apart from others; split out; segregate.Rate it:

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sunder outTo break out; divide or scatter about.Rate it:

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sunder outTo apportion; allot; assign.Rate it:

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sure enoughJust like one would expect.Rate it:

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suss outTo manage to work out, to determine.Rate it:

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suss outTo come to understand.Rate it:

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swap outTo transfer into a swap file.Rate it:

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swap outTo exchange for.Rate it:

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swap outTo exchange for an unused equivalent.Rate it:

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