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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:
stop upTo fill a hole or cavity, or block an opening or passage, as with a plug.Rate it:
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:
stopping the inkStopping something with no explanation at all.Rate it:
store awayTo keep a supply of something, in a place or container.Rate it:
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:
storm inTo enter a place angrily.Rate it:
storm in a tea-kettleA big fuss made in a small context.Rate it:
storm offto leave somewhere angrilyRate it:
storm outTo leave or depart angrily.Rate it:
storm out of the blocksTo begin rapidly.Rate it:
storybook lifeAn individual's life experiences of such nature as to be worthy of an award winning biography.Rate it:
stovepipe hatA type of top hat worn mainly in the 19th century, made of silk or other materials and having a very tall, cylindrical, flat-topped crown.Rate it:
stow awayto stow or secure aloof in a safe placeRate it:
stow awayto obtain passage by secreting oneself inside before departureRate it:
straighen-upMy Mother yelled this to ME on many occasions:Rate it:
straight and narrowA path of honesty; procedure according to rules and plans.Rate it:
straight arrowA person of conventional moralityRate it:
straight as an arrowvery straight, travelling in a very straight trajectory.Rate it:
straight awayVery soon; quickly; immediately.Rate it:
straight faceA face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.Rate it:
straight from the horse's mouthDirectly from the source; firsthand.Rate it:
Straight from the Horse's MouthSomething coming directly from the main, authentic or reliable source direct from trustworthy person or placeRate it:
straight from the shoulderDone in a direct manner; blunt.Rate it:
Straight from the ShoulderTo be telling something frankly and honestly, not lying about anything, to be candid or just with someoneRate it:
straight goodsThe truth; the facts.Rate it:
straight goodsSomeone or something authentic.Rate it:
straight manA member of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in preparatory dialog with the principal comedian; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.Rate it:
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:
straight out the gateImmediately, right from the start. Right away.Rate it:
straight shooterA person who is honest and forthright.Rate it:
straight shooterA person who is blunt, sometimes to the point of being harsh or offensive.Rate it:
straight shooterA type of pipe used for smoking cocaine.Rate it:
straight to the pointSay something directlyRate it:
straighten outTo make straight.Rate it:
straighten outTo correct or rectify.Rate it:
straighten outTo eliminate confusion from or concerning.Rate it:
straighten outTo correct; to stop doing something wrong.Rate it:
straighten upTo become straight, or straighterRate it:
straighten upto steer straightRate it:
straighten upto sit up straight, to stop hunching.Rate it:
straighten upto deal with; put in orderRate it:
straighten upto tidy; tidy upRate it:
straighten upTo clarifyRate it:
straighten upto start living a reformed lifeRate it:
straighten up and fly rightTo get serious and stop acting absurd, to get focusedRate it:
strait and narrowFollowing a good path in life.Rate it:
strange bedfellowsAn unusual combination or political alliance.Rate it:
strange birdAn unusual person, especially an individual with an idiosyncratic personality or peculiar behavioral characteristics.Rate it:
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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