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spread your wings and soar beyond the starsThis is freedom from your problems by using your skills you've obtained to be successful in life. Learn from your mistakes and use your skills to your advantage. Always have courage and be fearless.Rate it:

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spring the trapTo cunningly trick someone or take advantage of a situation in a deceptive wayRate it:

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spur of the momentImpluse; short notice; a lack of planning.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 upTo move closer together, in order to make more space for someone else.Rate it:

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stand a chanceTo have a chance.Rate it:

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stand asideTo step sideways to make a space for someone else.Rate 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 correctedSaid to acknowledge someone who corrects something that one says or writes that was not correct.Rate it:

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stand in someone's shoesTo see from another's point of view; to feel what another feels.Rate it:

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

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stand on one’s headTo try to impress someone by performing difficult feats or through hard workRate it:

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stand someone in good steadto come in handy for someone in the futureRate it:

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stand treatTo pay the cost of treating someone to somethingRate it:

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stand up againstTo defy or challenge someone.Rate it:

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stand up withTo begin to dance with (someone); to dance with (someone).Rate it:

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stand up withTo publicly support (someone).Rate it:

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stand up withIn a wedding ceremony, to serve as best man or as maid of honor or as an official witness for (someone).Rate it:

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stare someone in the faceTo be extremely visible and obvious.Rate it:

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steal a glanceTo look quickly at someone or something, hoping that nobody notices the action.Rate it:

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steal a march onTo get ahead of someone or something by starting earlier.Rate it:

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steal someone's heartTo captivate someone; to mesmerize someone.Rate it:

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steal someone's thunderTo detract from somebody's accomplishments or glory; to undermine someone.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 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 outTo exit a place on foot, often for a short time.Rate 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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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 in someone's crawTo cause lasting annoyance, irritation, or hard feelings.Rate it:

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stick it where the sun don't shinea sarcastic way of expressing disgust to someone; akin to telling someone where to goRate it:

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stick one's dick in crazyFor a man to have sex with another person deemed insane or otherwise undesirableRate it:

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Still Water Runs DeepSomeone who apparently looks silent might be very knowledgeable or intelligent person, silence has powerRate it:

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still water runs deepA person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellectRate it:

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still waters run deepA person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.Rate it:

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stitch upTo maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.Rate it:

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stone's throwA short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.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 offTo make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place.Rate it:

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stop overTo interrupt one's journey for a short stay; to stop off.Rate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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stop that girl!To stop someoneRate 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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stranger on the phoneDr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.Rate 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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strike a chordTo convey a feeling or meaning which someone personally internalizes and takes to heart.Rate it:

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

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strike it luckyTo have unexpected good fortune.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 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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