List of idioms start with S

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  • Spread like wild fire

    Meaning : Spread rapidly

  • Spring up

    Meaning : to appear or develop suddenly

  • Square something up

    Meaning : Manage

  • Square up

    Meaning : Settle a debt

  • Square up to someone / something

    Meaning : Confront bravely

  • Stab in the back

    Meaning : To betray

  • Stamp something out

    Meaning : Get rid of

  • Stand by

    Meaning : To support

  • Stand down

    Meaning : Withdraw

  • Stand in

    Meaning : Substitute

  • Stand in good stead

    Meaning : Proved useful

  • Stand on ceremony

    Meaning : To be formal

  • Stand on one's own legs

    Meaning : To be self dependent

  • Stand out

    Meaning : Be very noticeable

  • Stand out for something

    Meaning : Try to get

  • Stand up

    Meaning : Bear examination

  • Stand up for someone / something

    Meaning : Give moral support to

  • Stand up to someone

    Meaning : Confront bravely

  • Stand up to something

    Meaning : Resist

  • Stand well

    Meaning : Well thought of by

  • Standing water

    Meaning : Stagnant water

  • Stands in his own light

    Meaning : Acts against his own interests, hinders his own advancement.

  • Stands to reason

    Meaning : Is quite clear, is an undoubted fact

  • Star is in the ascendant

    Meaning : i.e. fortune favours him

  • Start the ball rolling

    Meaning : If you start the ball rolling, you start an activity in which other people will join.

  • State of the art

    Meaning : Using the latest technology

  • Steal a march

    Meaning : To pass ahead

  • Stear clear of

    Meaning : To keep away

  • Stem the tide

    Meaning : Stop from spreading

  • Step in

    Meaning : Intervene

  • Step on it!

    Meaning : Hurry up!

  • Step something in

    Meaning : Increase

  • Stick at something

    Meaning : Preserve

  • Stick out for something

    Meaning : Be resoult in trying to get

  • Stick to someone

    Meaning : Be loyal

  • Stick to something

    Meaning : Not change

  • Stick to your colors

    Meaning : Refuse to yield, Be faithful to the cause

  • Stick up for someone

    Meaning : Support

  • Stir something up

    Meaning : To get someone excited

  • Stirred up a hornet's nest

    Meaning : Excited the hostility or adverse criticism of a large number of people

  • Stone broke

    Meaning : Having no money, penniless

  • Stood his ground

    Meaning : Maintained his position

  • Strained every nerve

    Meaning : Used his utmost efforts

  • Strong language

    Meaning : Angry language with swear words

  • Stuck to his guns

    Meaning : Remained faithful to the cause

  • Stuff and nonsense

    Meaning : Ridiculous

  • Sum and substance

    Meaning : In short

  • Swan song

    Meaning : The death song

  • Swollen-headed

    Meaning : Conceited

  • Sword of Damocles

    Meaning : Imminent danger

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