S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[single out] {v. phr.}
To select or choose one from among many.
There were a lot of pretty girls at the high school prom but Don immediately singled out Sally.
[sink in] or [soak in] {v.}, {informal}
To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt.
Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too.
* /When Frank heard that war had started, it didn't […]
[sink or swim] {v. phr.}
To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you don't work hard to succeed.
When Joe was fourteen, his parents died, and he was left by himself to sink or swim.
* /Tom's […]
[sit back] {v.}
1. To be built a distance away; stand away (as from a street).
Our house sits back from the road.
2. To relax; rest, often while others are working; take time out.
Sit back for a minute and think about what you have done.
[sit by] {v.}
1. To stay near; watch and care for.
The nurse was told to sit by the patient until he woke up.
Mother sat by her sick baby all night.
2. To sit and watch or rest especially while others work.
* /Don't just sit idly by while […]