{"id":3779,"date":"2022-05-28T12:42:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><br>Phrasal verbs start with 'S' (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-starting-with-s\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Phrasal Verbs With S<\/a>). A Phrasal verb like Sack out, Saddle up, Saddle with, Sag off, Sail into,"},"modified":"2022-05-28T12:47:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T12:47:39","slug":"phrasal-verbs-starting-with-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-starting-with-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal Verbs Starting With S"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-3574537755\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><br>Phrasal verbs start with &#8216;S&#8217; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-starting-with-s\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Phrasal Verbs With S<\/a>). A Phrasal verb like Sack out, Saddle up, Saddle with, Sag off, Sail into, and more.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phrasal Verbs Starting With S<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sack out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Fall asleep<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We watched a video and sacked out on the couch.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Saddle up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Put a saddle on and prepare an animal to ride<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We got the order to saddle up just after dawn.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Saddle with<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Give someone a task or responsibility that is difficult or hard work<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A lightweight, hornless saddle with a steel cantle and pommel, a padded leather seat, and full side flaps usually set forward.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sag off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Not go to school or work, or leave early when you shouldn&#8217;t<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I was bored so I sagged off work early and went home.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sail into<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Criticise angrily<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sail through<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Pass easily, succeed<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The imaginary central point in the sail through which the power of the sail acts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sally forth<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave somewhere safe or comfortable<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We need, therefore, to sally forth once more into the mathematical jungle of vector spaces.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sally out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave somewhere safe or comfortable<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Sally out of tea so she made a cup of coffee.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Salt away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Save money<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She salted away most of the profit from the business.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Save on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Reduce or avoid consumption to cut costs<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Thus, visitors save on the costs of searching out good information.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Save up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>For money for a particular purpose<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>It took me ages to save up enough money to go travelling.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Save up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Collect or store something for future use<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A thrifty business can save up its profits and reinvest them in the company.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Saw off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>To remove something by cutting it with a saw<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The company saw off the threat of a takeover.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Saw up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Cut into pieces with a saw<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The able-bodied had to saw up old railway sleepers and then chop up the pieces for sale as firewood.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scale back<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something smaller than originally planned<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Despite current price advantage, UK manufacturers are still having to scale back production.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scale back<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Reduce the activity or expenditure in your life<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The Republican majority has backed away from plans to dramatically scale back the food stamp program.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scale down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something smaller than originally planned<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A shortage of money has forced them to scale down the project.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scale up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Increase, make bigger<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>My company is scaling up its operations in the Middle East.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scare away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Frighten someone some much that they go away<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The railway company feared it would scare away passengers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scare off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make someone so frightened that he or she away<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>U.S. companies fear the red tape will scare off customers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scratch around for<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Search for something that is hard to find<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The press are scratching around for a story to attack him.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Screen off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Separate a part of a room with something like a curtain, screen, etc.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We can screen off part of the room and use it as a temporary office.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Screen out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Exclude<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>An answering service can screen out nuisance calls.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Screw around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Waste time<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He spent the afternoon Screwing around and got nothing done.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Screw around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Be sexually promiscuous<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He Screwed around a lot at university.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Screw over<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Treat harshly or cheat<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The IRS really Screwed him over.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Screw up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Do badly or fail<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>It might somehow screw up his next project.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Scuzz up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Spiil, ruin, contaminate<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Don&#8217;t Scuzz up the deal.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Seek out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Search for something until you find it<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sell off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Sell a business or part of it<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The government&#8217;s plans to sell off state companies in several easily digestible tranches should also help.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sell on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Convince someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Do not sell on any account until further advice.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sell out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Have no more of something left because it has been bought<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I&#8217;ve decided to sell out and go and live in the country.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sell up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Sell a house or business to move somewhere or do something different<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He advised Evans to sell up his flat and move away to the country.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shack up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Live with someone when you are in a relationship.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>It turned out she was shacked up with a lawyer in New York.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shade in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make a part of a picture darker<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Most desert animals reduce water loss by finding shade in some form or other.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shade out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave a place without saying goodbye<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The party was so dull that I decided to Shade out.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shake down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Search<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Give the new arrangements time to shake down &#8211; I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll be OK.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shake down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Extort or cheat money from someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Shake down the duplicating and overlapping administrative organs.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shake off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Get rid of an illness<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Businessmen are trying to shake off habits learned under six decades of a protected economy.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shake out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Shake clothes, cloths, etc to remove dirt or creases<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The committee needs to be shaken out to get rid of some of the elderly members.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shake up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Upset or shock<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The government wanted to reform the institutions, to shake up the country.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shape up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Develop in a positive way<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>You&#8217;d better get rid of that attitude and shape up, young man.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Share in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Have a part in a project, activity, etc<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Each partner is entitled to share in the profits of the business.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Share out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Divide and distribute<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The company will share out $1.3 billion among 500,000 policyholders.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shave by<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Reduce by a certain amount<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Had a close shave by the looks of you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shave from<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Remove, cut off<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She Shaved a bit from the window so it would open.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shave off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Shave completely<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I wish he&#8217;d shave off that awful beard!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shave off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Reduce by a small amount<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He also wants to restrict how much time inmates can shave off their sentences for good behavior or working in prison.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shell out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Spend money on something, especially when you think it&#8217;s too expensive<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Advertisers to shell out a lot of money for this targeting.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Ship off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Send someone away, often because of a problem<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The disk coned as it began to pull the ship off the deck.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shop around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Look around for the best price, quality, etc.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>There&#8217;s a little gift shop around the corner.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shore up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Support something to make it stronger<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They tried to shore up the failing economy by means of tax increases.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Short out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Short circuit<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Depending on what type of dust it is, it just might short out a vital area of the motherboard.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shout down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make so much noise to stop someone being heard<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shout out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Say something loudly, often to attract someone&#8217;s attention<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>When I call your name, shout out so that we know you&#8217;re here.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shrug off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Disregard something, not consider it important or harmful<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The team have been able to shrug off their recent failures and perform well.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shy away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Retreat or shrink from something unpleasant or frightening<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Agencies without a clear-cut wartime role will shy away from conflicts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Shy away from<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Avoid doing something because you lack confidence<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Politicians shy away from hints that they may be complacent.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Side with<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Support someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Local citizens worked side by side with emergency crews to pull their neighbors out of the rubble.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sidle up to<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Approach someone discreetly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>This will help prevent you from inhaling three bags of crisps and a bucket of nuts when you sidle up to the bar.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sift through<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Examine a lot of things carefully<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>It will take a while to sift through all these magazines.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Simmer down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become calmer, make less noise<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I will talk with you after simmer down.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Simmer down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become less excited, noisy or angry<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Children, recess is over , so simmer down and take your seats, please.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sing along<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>To sing when a piece of music is being played or performed by someone else.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I like songs that you can sing along to, and you can remember.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sing out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Reply loudly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A fairly neutral background will make any small splash of colour sing out with particular vibrancy and significance.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sing up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Sing louder<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Sing up , fellows, this is supposed to be a celebration, not a funeral!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Single out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Select or choose one from a group<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They single out an old, young, or infirm animal and only then start the chase.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sink in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Slowly come to be understood<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Those who let a person to sink in things, is a good start.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Size up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Assess a situation or person carefully.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We must size up the situation before we decide what to do.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Size up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something bigger or produce bigger products<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The aim is to size up the situation and deal with a number of conspicuous cases.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Skeeve out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Disgust, unsettle<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>His behaviour skeeves me out.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Skin up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make a cannabis joint<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Do you know that this unique shower gel actually leaves your skin up to 28% smoother?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Skive off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Avoid doing work or other duty<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Statistics reveal those from poor families are three times as likely to skive off than better-off pupils.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slack off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Reduce one&#8217;s effort, perform with less enthusiasm and energy<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>It&#8217;s natural to slack off towards the end of a hard day&#8217;s work.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slacken off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become less busy or intense<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Slacken off the line, and pull the fishing rod towards you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slag off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Criticise heavily<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>All bands slag off their record companies. It&#8217;s just the way it is.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slant toward<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Favour one viewpoint, bias<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>That travel magazine is totally Slanted toward the ultra-rich.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slice off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Cut, remove an amount or part of something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Once completed the pot can be sliced off the wheel with a wire.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slice up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Cut completely into pieces or slices<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Slice up the onions and add them to the meat.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slob about<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Be lazy, do nothing<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I Slobbed about all day as I couldn&#8217;t be bothered to do any work.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slob around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Be lazy, do nothing<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I spent the day Slobbing around at home.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slope off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave somewhere without letting others know<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He always slope off when there&#8217;s something to do.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slough off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Get rid of, dispose<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The president wanted to slough off the country&#8217;s bad image.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slough off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Lose or shed outer layers of skin<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The president wanted to slough off the country&#8217;s bad image.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slow down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Reduce speed<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Slow down &#8211; you&#8217;re breaking the speed limit.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slow down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become less active<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Their rate of metabolism may slow down.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slow up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Slow the progress of something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The introduction of a new code of criminal procedure has also slowed up the system.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Slug it out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Fight or argue<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>These two sides would slug it out, and a practical solution would emerge somewhere between the two positions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Smack of<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Appear to have a negative quality<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Authoritarians do not apologize for the smack of firm government.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Smash down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Demolish or break something down<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They got a battering ram to smash down the door.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Smash in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Break something by hitting it repeatedly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Only one very quiet pub and no shop windows to smash in after they&#8217;ve got drunk.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Smash up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Destroy, break into many pieces<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The thieves not only stole the jewels, but smashed up most of the valuable furniture in the room.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Smoke out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Force someone out of a place they&#8217;re hiding in<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The police are determined to smoke out the leaders of the gang.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snaffle up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Consume, take, buy something other people may want<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They Snaffled up all the food before we got there.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snap off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Break a piece off something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The branch snapped off under the weight of the snow.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snap out of<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Control negative emotions<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>If it were possible to snap out of depression simply by making a proper effort, that illness would disappear.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snap to it!<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Do something quickly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The heat shimmering over the asphalt had no snap to it; time drifted by.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snap up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Get, acquire or buy something quickly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The tickets for the concert were snapped up within three hours of going on sale.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snarl up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Entangle<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They&#8217;re going to give us the information, but it keeps getting snarled up in paperwork.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sneak out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Depart furtively<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Sometimes he would sneak out of his house late at night to be with me.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sneak up on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Approach someone furtively<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They tries to sneak up on your wives and your daughters.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sneeze at<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>To dismiss casually, usually used negatively<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The sum of money is nothing to sneeze at.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sniff around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Look around to see how good something is or to try to find something better<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I wanted to sniff around a little, and I always do that better on my own, without distractions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sniff at<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Disapprove or be scornful<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>At first the dog may only sniff at them but you should soon be able to encourage it to play with them.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sniff out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Find something by smell (usually for dogs)<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A police dog, trained to sniff out explosives, found evidence of a bomb in the apartment.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sniff out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Find out information, especially when people don&#8217;t want anyone to know<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>At a fairly young age I learnt to sniff out danger and step into choppy conversations to skilfully avert disaster.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snitch on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Divulge secrets, inform authorities about someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They considered it a crime to snitch on one of their own group to the teacher.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snuff out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Extinguish a small flame by covering it<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snuff out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Kill<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Some have drawn up guidelines to snuff out only the most potent forms.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snuggle up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Lie or press yourself closely to someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Snuggle up on the couch under a quilt and hot chocolate and read to him.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Snuggle up to<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Lie or press yourself closely to someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Baby can snuggle up to the singing , breathing, synthetic bear.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Soak up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Absorb<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>There&#8217;ll be ample opportunity to relax, swim and soak up some sun.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sober up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Stop showing the effects of alcohol or drugs<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They tried to get her to sober up by offering some coffee and food.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sock away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Save money in a bank account, investment, etc<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She&#8217;s socked a fortune away over the last few years.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sock in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Close access to a place because of bad weather<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Put a sock in it! I want this stuff moved before the end of the morning.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Soften up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Weaken<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Potential customers are softened up with free gifts before the sales talk.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Soldier on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Continue even when things get difficult<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The larger ones hope to soldier on as independent producers.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sort out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Resolve a problem<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Sort out things you want to keep and throw everything else away.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sound off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>To express your opinions forcefully<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Supervisors sound off Yee plans to introduce just such a resolution at the Board of Supervisors, which would endorse Prop.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sound out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Check what someone thinks about an issue, idea, etc.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They want to sound out his opinion before they approach him formally.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Space out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become detached from reality and unaware of what is happening around you, usually through drug use<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Mothers were being advised to try to space out their pregnancies.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spaff away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Waste (money, time, resources, etc)<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The council is Spaffing away our taxes on bonuses and consultants.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spark off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Cause something, usually unpleasant, to happen<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Local fighting might spark off a major war.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spark up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Light a cigarette or joint<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They sparked up in a no smoking area.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Speak out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Talk openly and freely<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He had dared to speak out against injustice, and overnight he became a national hero.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Speak to<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Comment, make a statement<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The President agreed to speak to the waiting journalists.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Speak up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Talk more loudly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Please speak up so that the people at the back of the room can hear you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Speed up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Move faster<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Exercise is supposed to speed up your metabolism.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Speed up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something faster<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Increasing gravity is known to speed up the multiplication of cells.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spell out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Explain something in great detail<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The government has so far refused to spell out its plans\/policies.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spell out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Write or say the individual letters that make up a word<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>All he wants is to ask me to spell out the features of the new product.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spew out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Expel, throw out<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She stretched open her mouth, screamed, then spewed out the great twisting branch.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spew up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Vomit<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He Spewed up when he was drunk.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spice up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Add spices or herbs to increase flavour<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He never forgot to spice up the talks with coarse jokes.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spice up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something more interesting or exciting<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Some other ways salsa can spice up a dish: Top a baked potato or macaroni and cheese.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spiff up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something smart or more presentable<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>In fact, your personal work documentation is a great way to look for ideas to spiff up your resume.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spike up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Increase sharply<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Interest rates spiked up after the news.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spill out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>When large numbers of people leave a place at the same time<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Students began to spill out of the building, others to stream in.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spill out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Come or flow out of a box, container, etc<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A torrent of rationalizations spill out of him in monologues, especially on pardons and terrorism.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spill over<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>When something bad has a wider impact on other people or situations<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The conflict threatens to spill over into neighbouring regions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spin around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Turn to face the opposite direction<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A touch on her shoulder made her spin around.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spin off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Produce an unexpected additional benefit<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The company is trying to spin off part of its business.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spin out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Lose control (vehicle)<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The Government will try to spin out the conference into next autumn.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spirit away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Remove someone secretly from a place<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The pop-star was spirited away at the end of the concert before her fans could get near her.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spirit off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Remove someone secretly from a place<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>But if slight spirit off the rails, still can accept.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spit it out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>An informal way of telling someone to say something they are unwilling to say<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>You always had to spit it out and shove it down the back of some chair.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spit out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Say something angrily<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>You&#8217;d better to spit out the seeds in your palm, and then put them on the plate.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Splash down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Land in the sea (space capsules)<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They are due to splash down in the Pacific tomorrow.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Splash out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Spend a lot of money on something that is not essential<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We&#8217;re going to splash out and buy a new car.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Splash out on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Spend a lot of money on something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>You can also splash out on extra nitro-injectors, giving a short but effective blast of speed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Split up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Divide into groups<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Research suggests that children whose parents split up are more likely to drop out of high school.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spoil for<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Really want something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He&#8217;s been Spoiling for an argument all day.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sponge down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Clean something with a sponge<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The seat fabrics are very durable and easy to sponge down.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sponge off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Accept free food and support without any shame or qualms<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>There must be a growing realization among younger people that sponging off the state is no longer possible.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sponge on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Accept or get money without doing any work<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Many people sponge on the kindness of others.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spruce up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>To smarten, make something neat and tidy<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They&#8217;ve employed an advertising agency to spruce up the company image.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spur on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Encourage someone to continue<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They may hope that retrenchment now will spur on private spending.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Squeeze up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Get more people into a space than normal or comfortable<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>There&#8217;ll be enough room if we all squeeze up a little.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stack up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Put things in a pile<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>How does this final presidential debate stack up and compare to the others, do you think?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stack up against<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Be as good as something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Check out this chart to see how your favorite stars stack up against their real &#8211; life counterparts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Staff up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Employ someone for something specific<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They haven&#8217;t Staffed the project up yet.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stamp out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Get rid of something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The government must act to stamp out interracial hatred and violence.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stare down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Look at someone until they cannot look at you<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Greg stared down from the seventh floor and began to feel giddy.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stash away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Store or hide something in a safe place<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stave in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Push or break something inwards<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A couple of teenagers were trying to stave in our shed door.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stave off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Delay, prevent something from happening<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The company managed to stave off bankruptcy for another few months.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Steer clear of<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Avoid<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The rabbis try to steer clear of political questions.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stem from<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Originate, be caused by<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Most people&#8217;s insecurities stem from something that happened in their childhood.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stiffen up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become rigid<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Roberts was bought in to stiffen up our side after we&#8217;d suffered the humiliation of relegation.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stir up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make trouble for someone else<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Their aim was to stir up feeling against the war.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stitch together<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make a deal, create something quickly and without attention to detail<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>In ten years, they have been able to stitch together a national network of banks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stitch up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Sew something so that it is closed<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stomp off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave somewhere angrily<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Did Parks stomp off in a huff like some injured prima donna, some egomaniac?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stomp on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Treat badly or defeat<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>This is another example of the big companies joining together to stomp on small businesses.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Store up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Memorise or commit something to memory for later use<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Some animals store up food for the winter.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Store up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Do something that will probably cause problems later<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Graduating seniors also store up memories by signing each other&#8217;s year books and attending graduation parties.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Storm off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave a place angrily<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>It also bears a painting of a ship beating against a terrible storm off a rocky coast.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Storm out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave a place angrily<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She smacked her books down on the table and stormed out of the room.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stow away<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Hide in a vehicle to travel without people knowing<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I&#8217;m very hungry, and I can now stow away an ox.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Straighten out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something straight<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I subvert the entire world, only to straighten out your reflection.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Straighten up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Stand straight<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Straighten up slowly, then repeat the exercise ten times.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Straighten up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Tidy<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>You&#8217;d better straighten up or you&#8217;ll never make it out of high school.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stretch out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Lie down with your limbs extended in a relaxed manner<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The jacuzzi was too small to stretch out in.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stretch to<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Manage to supply an amount of money even though it is more than you would like to give or pay<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A thing of wonder, they stretch to the skies, and can seem for a time great catacombs of effort.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stretcher off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Carry an injured player off the pitch, field, etc.<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He was Stretchered off with a broken ankle.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">String along<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Deceive someone for a long time<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Take my advice &#8211; string along with me, I know this business inside out.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">String out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make something last as long as possible<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The players were told to string out across the field.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">String together<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Put words together into a coherent text<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They string together image after image until the documentary is completed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">String up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Hang somebody<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They strung up some lanterns among the trees.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stub out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Extinguish a cigarette<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The full ashtrays testify that smoking hasn&#8217;t been stubbed out.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stuff up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Make a mistake, do badly, spoil<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>A writer gets to make stuff up, while a journalist rewrites press releases.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stumble across<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> Find something accidentally<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They stumble across a ghost town inhabited by a rascally gold prospector.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stumble upon<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Find something accidentally<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Workmen stumbled upon the mosaic while digging foundations for a new building.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Stump up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Pay for something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Customers do not have to stump up any cash for at least four weeks.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Suck in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become involved in something unpleasant<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Good writers suck in what they see of the world, re-creating their own universe on the page.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Suck into<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Become involved in something unpleasant<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The country got Sucked into the war.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Suck up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Try to ingratiate yourself<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She was noisily sucking up milk through a straw.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Suck up to<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Ingratiate yourself with someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>She suck up to him by agree with everything he say.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Suit up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Get dressed or put on a uniform for an activity or task<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Suit up,and go to the restaurant with me.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sum up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Summarise<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>We can sum up the main point of the lesson in three sentences.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Summon up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Get the energy or courage to do something<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Even our own wets will summon up the courage to table a question or two.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Suss out<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Come to understand<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>So look to the future and suss out the science of beauty.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swallow up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Take control of something much smaller, like a company or state<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The idea is not that one party should swallow up the other.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swallow up<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Consume or take a lot of time, money, etc<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>There was no gaping dark hole that would swallow up bad people.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swan about<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Move in a dramatic or affected manner<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He Swanned about at the party.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swan around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Move in a dramatic or affected manner<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They decided to swan around Italy this summer.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swan in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Enter in a dramatic or attention-seeking manner<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>An unhappy duckling grows into a beautiful swan in this magical fairytale.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swan off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Leave somewhere in a defiant or pompous manner<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He didn&#8217;t like the way the spoke to him so he Swanned off angrily.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swear by<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Have great confidence in<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Many people swear by vitamin C&#8217;s ability to ward off colds.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swear down<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Promise that something is true<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>He swore down that he hadn&#8217;t done it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swear in<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Take an oath to hold a public office<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Only after four days could the president swear in a replacement.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swear off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Decide to stop doing something, usually something harmful<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Three days, someone swear off to smoking.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sweep through<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Pass easily, succeed<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The line will sweep through a plane, and the circles will sweep through spheres.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Sweep through<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Move quickly through<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They watched the flames sweep through the old wooden barn.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swing around<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Change your opinion quickly<br><strong>Example:<\/strong> Throwing caution to the winds, she swung around to face him.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swing at<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Try to hit<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I often want to take a swing at someone to relieve my feelings.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swing by<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Visit a person or place on your way somewhere<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Do you think someone could swing by my house and get my electric toothbrush?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swing round<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Change your opinion quickly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>His reflex action was to bend and swing round violently, and I was thrown to the ground.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Swing round<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Turn around quickly<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>They were against it at first then swung round and supported it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Switch off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Stop a machine or something electrical working<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>Switch off the electric current before touching that machine.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Switch on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Start a machine or something electrical working<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I felt for the electric light switch on the wall and turned it on.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Switch on<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Feel an emotion of behave in a certain way<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I couldn&#8217;t find the off switch on the remote control.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Switch over<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Change from one provider or source to another<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>I just happened to switch over although I haven&#8217;t been watching the Olympics.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Syphon off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Take business, support or votes from someone<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The candidate syphoned off a lot of votes because of his anti-war stance.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Syphon off<\/span><\/strong><br><br><strong>Meaning: <\/strong>Divert money illegally<br><strong>Example: <\/strong>The minister had been syphoning off funds from his department for years.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1414\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/d3c1yyje0uguxm.cloudfront.net\/2022\/05\/Phrasal-Verbs-Starting-With-S-wordscoach.com_.png\" alt=\"Phrasal Verbs Starting With 'S' - wordscoach.com\" class=\"wp-image-3845\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Read More\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-rush\/\">Phrasal Verbs With \u2018Rush\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/phrasal-verbs-with-run\/\">Phrasal Verbs With \u2018Run\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phrasal verbs start with &#8216;S&#8217; (Phrasal Verbs With S). 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