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step on someone's toesTo offend someone or make them feel bad, by doing or saying something that is another person's authorityRate it:

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step overTo carefully move making sure you don't step onto someone or something.Rate it:

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step up to the plateTo contribute; take your turn to do something.Rate it:

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stepping stoneSomething used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else.Rate it:

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stepping stoneA stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek.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 byto follow or adhere to somebody or something, to remain loyal and unswerving in one's attitude towards somebody or somethingRate it:

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stick downTo write something casually.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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stick the knife inTo say or do something deliberately and unnecessarily malicious.Rate it:

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Stick-in-the-MudA person with old outdated and orthodox ideas who does not like to accept change, unable to cope up or except something new and modernRate it:

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stiff as a wedding dickSomething is very hardRate it:

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Stir up a Hornet's NestTo stimulate or stir people to get angry or annoyed, to cause a great problem, to invite dangerRate it:

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stomp outTo extinguish something by stomping or stepping forcefully on it; used with intangible objects.Rate it:

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stop at nothingTo take any measures to do or achieve something, especially if it involves great risk or danger; to do everything in one's power.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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stopping the inkStopping something with no explanation at all.Rate it:

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

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store upTo build up a supply of something, usually for use at a particular time in the future, when the time is right.Rate it:

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Straight from the Horse's MouthSomething coming directly from the main, authentic or reliable source direct from trustworthy person or placeRate it:

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Straight from the ShoulderTo be telling something frankly and honestly, not lying about anything, to be candid or just with someoneRate it:

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straight goodsSomeone or something authentic.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 to the pointSay something directlyRate it:

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

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straighten up and fly rightTo get serious and stop acting absurd, to get focusedRate it:

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stranger things have happenedusually said when discussing something strange or asking if something is strangeRate it:

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stretchTo get more use than expected from a limited resource.Rate it:

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strike downto kill someone or something, to cause to suddenly dieRate 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 treat something as settledRate it:

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strike upTo start something with somebody else. Usually a conversation or relationship.Rate it:

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strike upTo start something, usually playing live music.Rate it:

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string onTo continue to convince of something untrue; to maintain a lie or scam aimed at.Rate it:

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strip awayTo remove something bit by bit.Rate it:

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stroke of geniusA great idea, smart decision, epiphany, or eureka moment. To make something brilliant or to create a successful concept.Rate it:

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stumble acrossTo discover or find something by accident.Rate it:

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stumble againstTo discover or find something by accident.Rate it:

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stumble onTo discover or find something by accident.Rate it:

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stumble uponTo discover or find something by accident.Rate it:

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stump upTo pay for something. Often indicating reluctance to pay.Rate it:

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stumpedCan't get wagon past a tree stumpRate it:

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sub inReplace something or take someone's place, especially in sportsRate 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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suck downTo drink all of something quickly.Rate it:

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suck it upTo put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.Rate it:

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suck it up, buttercupget over it; accept a difficult situation keep goingRate it:

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

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super duperSomething you regard as excellentRate it:

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swaddling clothesAn early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception.Rate it:

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