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put someone in his placeRemind someone of his or her position.Rate it:

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put someone in their placeTo remind someone of his position.Rate it:

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quand on est bien, on ne s'y peut tenirThe love of change makes us give up even a comfortable position.Rate it:

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razor edgeA difficult or dangerous positionRate it:

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renovate your lifeA chiding, an expression relative to fostering change, institute a renaissance in one's life.Rate it:

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rerum potiri(1) to usurp supreme power, (2) to be in a position of power.Rate it:

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res dubiae, perditae, afflictaea critical position; a hopeless state of affairs.Rate it:

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res est in periculo, in summo discriminethe position is critical.Rate it:

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res in summo discrimine versaturthe position is very critical.Rate it:

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res meae meliore loco, in meliore causa suntmy position is considerably improved; my prospects are brighter.Rate it:

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rig outto expel the holder of an office or other position by means of rigging the election.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo claim a position that one does not rightfully earn.Rate it:

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run forTo try to obtain political position through the democratic voting process.Rate it:

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run out of townTo force someone out of a place or a positionRate it:

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sag offBasketball: Position oneself closer to the basket while guarding an opposing player.Rate it:

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sally forth!An archaic military term. To exit a fortified position in order to assault a besieging force. The meaning has become more metaphorical over time.Rate it:

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send someone to the showersTo remove or expel someone from a job, position, or activity, especially because of poor behavior or performance.Rate it:

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set outTo position, to put in a positionRate it:

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set upto establish someone in a business or position.Rate it:

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sit backTo recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.Rate it:

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sit downTo assume a sitting position from a standing position.Rate it:

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sit downTo assume a low or sunken position.Rate it:

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sit outTo escape a hold while face-down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.Rate it:

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sit upTo assume a sitting position from a position lying down.Rate it:

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Sitting PrettyTo be in great or beneficiary position, to be in favorable or lucky positionRate it:

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skate one's laneTo play in one's assigned position rather than straying to where the current action is.Rate it:

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slack-jawedWith the mouth in an open position and the jaw hanging loosely, especially as indicating bewilderment or astonishment.Rate it:

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slip inTo play a subtle pass into someone in a goalscoring position.Rate it:

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slow outTo adjust the spacing of intermediate frames so as to smoothly accelerate movement of an object as it leaves a resting position.Rate it:

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snuggle upTo lie or sit in a comfortable, relaxed position, holding someone or something else.Rate it:

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split the differenceTo choose an option or take a position roughly midway between two opposed alternatives; to compromise.Rate it:

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spring backTo recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position.Rate it:

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square offTo get in the fighting position.Rate it:

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square upTo get in the fighting position.Rate it:

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squeeze outTo force a competitor out of one of a limited number of winning positions by taking over that position or a higher oneRate it:

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stand asideTo leave a job or position voluntarily so that someone else can have it instead.Rate it:

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stand in one's own lightTo take a position which is harmful to one's own interests.Rate it:

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stand one's groundTo attempt to hold a position in battle.Rate it:

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stand one's groundTo maintain or stick by an opinion or position; to remain resolute in the face of opposition.Rate it:

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stand upTo rise from a lying or sitting position.Rate it:

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

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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step asideto make room for others as replacements by withdrawing from a position or service; substituted for ‘step down’ or ‘step away’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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stick one's neck outTo take a risk, putting oneself in a vulnerable position.Rate it:

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stick to one's gunsTo maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition.Rate it:

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suffering housemaid's kneeQuaint expression of earlier days relative to female servants performing chores of scrubbing floor on hands and knees.Rate it:

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summa dignitate praeditum esseto be in a dignified position.Rate it:

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switch offTo turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device.Rate it:

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switch onTo turn a switch to the "on" position in order to start or enable a device.Rate it:

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