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she would rip a dog off a gut wagonA gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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show a clean pair of heelsto run away quickly; to make an escape quickly; to outpaceRate it:

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show one's faceTo appear publicly.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 one's faceTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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

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shy away fromto avoid, evadeRate it:

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shy away from somethingTo avoid certain locations, events, people, foods, etc.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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skoffedDo sartastically whistle air out of your mouth and look awayRate it:

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Sky is the LimitNo limits to achieve your goals, to go far away in reaching your destinationRate it:

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slap him up!A Threat to Inflict Violence, 'hand to face' or 'hand to head' or 'fists to body' of the victim of the threatened violence.Rate it:

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slap in the faceUsed other than as an idiom: see slap, in, the, face.Rate it:

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slap in the faceSomething unexpectedly said or done which causes shock or offense; an insult, rebuke, or rebuff.Rate it:

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slattern awayTo consume carelessly or wastefully; to waste.Rate it:

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slave awayTo work very hard.Rate it:

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slide offTo leave a place, a meeting, etc., without being noticed; to slip away, slip off.Rate it:

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slip awayTo leave a place, or a gathering, without being noticed.Rate it:

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slip awayTo pass quickly, almost unnoticed.Rate it:

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slip awayTo disappear; to elude one.Rate it:

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slip awayTo die peacefully.Rate it:

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slug awayTo work very hard (at); to toilRate it:

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sneak awayTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being seen or heardRate it:

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snowmanA humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks, a carrot, and stones or coal.Rate it:

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sod offGo away.Rate it:

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softly, softly, catchee monkeyCapture a target without startling it to run away.Rate it:

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spending money as if it were waterlack of respect for the dollar, frittering away one's paycheck.Rate it:

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spirit awayTo remove without anyone's noticing.Rate it:

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split offTo break away from a group or mass.Rate it:

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square awayTo finish, complete, tidy or put in order.Rate it:

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squirrel awayTo stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply, so as to recall a squirrel's burying of nuts.Rate it:

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stalking horseA candidate put forward to serve a hidden, ulterior purpose in a political campaign, such as testing the field for another potential candidate by gauging voter sentiment or covertly helping another candidate by attracting voters away from a third candidate.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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stare someone in the faceTo be extremely visible and obvious.Rate it:

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stay overStay overnight in a place away from one's home, sleep over.Rate it:

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steal awayTo leave secretively.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 on a rakeTo step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, invariably striking the person walking in the face.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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store awayTo keep a supply of something, in a place or container.Rate it:

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stow awayto stow or secure aloof in a safe placeRate it:

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stow awayto obtain passage by secreting oneself inside before departureRate it:

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straight awayVery soon; quickly; immediately.Rate it:

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straight faceA face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.Rate it:

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straight out the gateImmediately, right from the start. Right away.Rate it:

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strip awayTo ignore a factor which obscures the reality.Rate it:

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strip awayTo remove something bit by bit.Rate it:

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stuff one's faceTo eat excessively.Rate it:

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suck faceTo kiss, especially deeply and for a prolonged time.Rate it:

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