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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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run backTo rewind a film or cassette.Rate it:

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running out of timeBroke, friendless, no car, can't meet mortgage payments.Rate it:

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saddleA seat (tack) for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animalRate it:

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saddleAn item of harness (harness saddle) placed on the back of a horse or other animalRate it:

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scale backTo make a reduction in the amount, extent, etc. of something.Rate it:

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scaredy cata children's word for a person who is easily frightenedRate it:

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screw backTo cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.Rate it:

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send backTo return to its origin.Rate it:

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send backTo remind of a previous time in the past.Rate it:

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serve outTo pay back; to have one's revenge on.Rate it:

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set backTo cost money, as.Rate it:

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set backTo delay or obstruct.Rate it:

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set backTo remove from or allow distance.Rate it:

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shady, back-alley dealsUncompromising, dishonest, irregular, illegal agreements, plots, arrangements, scenarios.Rate it:

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short back and sidesman's haircutRate it:

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short reckonings make long friendsborrowed money should be paid back as soon as possibleRate it:

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shotgun shackA house with no internal barrier between the front and back doors.Rate it:

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shrink awayto draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy awayRate it:

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shrink backTo back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.Rate it:

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shut the front door!An exclamation of shock and/or disbelief; like saying, "No! Really?!" or "No way!" or "I don't believe it"Rate it:

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shy awayto draw back in fear, cringe, back downRate it:

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shy bairns get nowtIf you're too shy, or don't ask, you will not get what you want.A' forgot te ask hor for me money back!Wye, shy bairns get nowtRate it:

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sidepiecesexDescribes extra-marital or extra-relational physically intimate interaction with one other than one's spouse or longterm partner, with whom one also has some form of established relationship; term, song, and hastag by American Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe one of the acts in which her abusive ex-fiance may have been engaged, while absent from the home daily for 15 hours.Rate it:

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sit backTo relax, to not exert oneself.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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six of one, half dozen of anotherIt makes no difference, they're still the same This expression is sometimes said a little differently, but is all the same no matter how it is said. Sometimes people say "half dozen" and sometimes "half a dozen " Also, sometimes the expression is "six of one, half dozen of THE other" and sometimes it is said, "six of one, half a dozen of ANother."Rate it:

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skin backRetract.Rate it:

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sleep camelA person who habitually does with little to no sleep during the week and then makes up by sleeping a lot during the weekend.Rate it:

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slick backTo make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.Rate it:

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someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"Rate it:

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something's fishy in denmarkA shortened version of the expression, "There's something rotten in the state of Denmark"; the speaker is suspicious that there is or appears to be something wrong, amiss, illegal or dishonestRate it:

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sow the wind, reap the whirlwindEvery decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to him.Rate it:

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spitting cotton or spittin' cottonVery thirsty. Used in the Southern USA.Rate it:

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

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spring forward, fall backA mnemonic to advise how clocks are altered for Daylight Saving Time: time goes forward in the Spring, and back in FallRate it:

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square upTo pay back money that is owed.Rate it:

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stab in the backAn act of betrayal or treachery.Rate it:

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stand backTo maintain a safe distance from a hazard.Rate it:

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stand backTo abstain from participation.Rate it:

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stand backTo stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler.Rate it:

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start over againreturn to the beginning, go back to the top of a page or scriptRate it:

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start with a clean sheetTo go back to square one; start all over again.Rate it:

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stay backTo remain after normal hoursRate it:

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stay backTo keep one's distance from a place, often because of some danger.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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stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:

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step backUsed other than as an idiom: see step, back.Rate it:

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step backTo stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.Rate it:

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step backTo prevent oneself from becoming emotionally involved in a certain situation.Rate it:

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