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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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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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stuffPaper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.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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sublimem or sublime (not in sublime or sublimiter) ferri, abireto fly aloft; to be carried into the sky.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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suit down to the groundTo suit perfectly.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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swap outTo transfer into a swap file.Rate it:

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swing for the fencesTo swing at the ball as hard as possible, with the aim of getting a home run, increasing the chance of missing the ball.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 a powderTo leave in a hurry; run away; scram; depart without taking leave or notifying anyone, often with a connotation of avoiding something unpleasant or shirking responsibility.Rate it:

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take a run atTo attempt to achieve or acquire.Rate it:

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take a run atTo attack or challenge or to try to attack or challenge.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 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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take into considerationTo take into account.Rate it:

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take matters into one's own handsTo deal with a problem alone, because others responsible have failed to deal with it.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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take offTo leave the ground and begin flight; to ascend into the air.Rate it:

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take shapeassume a distinct form, develop into something definite or tangible.Rate it:

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take the cureTo enter into a rehabilitation program.Rate it:

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take the law into one's own handsTo punish someone according to one's own idea of justice and without consideration for the role of law enforcement authorities.Rate it:

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take the leadTo become the leader, to advance into first place.Rate it:

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take the plungeLaunch into the fray, take the important move with confidence, begin the trek.Rate it:

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take the veilTo retire into a convent and live as a nun.Rate it:

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take toTo enter; to go into or move towards.Rate it:

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take to one's heelsTo leave; especially, to flee or run away.Rate it:

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take to the hillsTo flee or vanish; to run away.Rate it:

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talk intoTo convince by talking and suggestingRate it:

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talk someone into somethingTo persuade someone to do something by talking to them.Rate it:

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tap inA simple shot into the goal from close range, and without opposition.Rate it:

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tap intoTo establish a connection with something, especially in order to take advantage of somethingRate it:

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tap intoTo access a resource or object.Rate it:

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team upTo join into a team, or into teams.Rate it:

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tear alongTo run quickly along somewhere.Rate it:

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tear alongTo break something into two pieces by separating at a line of perforations.Rate it:

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tear intoTo subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.Rate it:

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tear upTo tear into pieces.Rate it:

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tell againstTo function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage.Rate it:

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terga dare hostito run away from the enemy.Rate it:

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terga vertere or dareto flee, run away.Rate it:

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the course of true love never did run smoothThere will always be problems in a relationship.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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