S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[strikebreaker] {n.}
One who takes the place of workers on strike or one who recruits such people.
The striking workers threw rotten eggs at the strikebreakers.
[string]
See:
[FIRST STRING],
[LATCH STRING],
[ON THE STRING] or [ON A STRING],
[PULL STRINGS],
[PURSE STRINGS],
[SHOE-STRING CATCH],
[TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS].
[string along] {v.}, {informal}
1. To deceive; fool; lead on dishonestly.
Mary was stringing John along for years but she didn't mean to marry him.
* /George told the new boy that he must always call the teacher "Sir," but the new boy soon saw […]
[string out] {v.}
To make (something) extend over a great distance or a long stretch of time.
The telephone poles were strung out along the road as far as we could see.
* /Mary and Ann did not have much to say but they did not want to go home. […]
[string up] {v.}, {slang}
To put a rope around the neck of a person and choke him to death; hang.
The posse strung up the rustler without a trial.
Compare: [NECKTIE PARTY].
[strings attached] {adv. phr.}
With some special proviso or condition that is a handicap.
John inherited a large fortune but with the string attached that he could not touch a penny of it before his 28th birthday.