S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[side street] {n.}
A street that runs into and ends at a main street.
The store is on a side street just off Main Street.
The Spellmans bought a house on a side street that runs off Broad Street.
Compare: [BACK STREET], [CROSS STREET].
[side with] {v.}
To agree with; help.
Alan always sides with Johnny in an argument.
Gerald sided with the plan to move the club.
Contrast: [SIDE AGAINST].
[sidekick] {n.}
A companion; a close friend of lesser status.
Wherever you see Dr. Howell, Dr. Percy, his youthful sidekick is sure to be present as well.
[sight]
See:
[AT FIRST GLANCE] or [AT FIRST SIGHT],
[AT SIGHT] or [ON SIGHT],
[CATCH SIGHT OF],
[HEAVE IN SIGHT],
[LOSE SIGHT OF],
[ON SIGHT],
[SET ONE'S SIGHTS].
[sight for sore eyes] {n. phr.}, {informal}
A welcome sight.
After our long, dusty hike, the pond was a sight for sore eyes.
"Jack! You're a sight for sore eyes!"
[sight unseen] {adv. phr.}
Before seeing it; before seeing her, him, or them.
Tom read an ad about a car and sent the money for it sight unseen.
[sight-read] {v.}
To be able to play music without memorization by reading the sheet music and immediately playing it.
Experienced, good musicians are expected to be able to sight-read.
[sign in] {v.}
To write your name on a special list or in a record book to show that you are present.
Every worker must sign in when coming back to work.
Teachers go to the office and sign in each morning before going to their classrooms.
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[sign of the times] {n. phr.}
A characteristic of the times in which one lives.
It is a sad sign of the times that all the major lakes and rivers are badly polluted and fish in them are poisoned.