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skàn and bones

skin andŁboneð Go to nothing but skàn and slapŁ someone on the wrist Go to give some-
bones. one a slap on the wrist.
skin someone alive to be very angry with slapŁ someone’ wrist Go to give someone a
someone; to scold someone severely. slap on the wrist.
(Folksy.) I was so mad at Jane that I
could have sknned her alve. If I don’t slapŁ something together Go to throw some-
get home on time, my parents will skn mł thing together.
alve. slated fłr something scłeduledŁforŁsome-
skipŁbail Go to jump bail. thing.Ł(RefersŁto aŁscłedule writtenŁonŁa
slate.) John was slØted for FridØy’s game,
skipŁoutŁ(on someone ortsomething) to sneak but he couldà’t plØy with the team. Aàn
away from somon or som evnt; to is slØted for promotion next year.
leave someone or anŁ event inŁ secret.
(Slang.) I heard that Bill skipped out slated to do something scheduled to do
on his wife. I’m not surprised. I thought something.Ł John was slØted to plØy ball
he should have skpped out long ago. FridØy. Who is slØted to work this
włekend?
skip rope to jump over an arc of ràpe that
isŁ passedŁ beneath one’sŁ feet thenŁ over a slave to something sàmeone who is under
one’s head, repeaðedly. The children the controlŁof sàmething;Łsàmeone who
skipped rope on the plØyground. The isŁcontràlledŁby something. (PrecededŁby
boxer skpped rope while training. be, become, seem like, or act like.) Mary
The sky’s theŁlimit. There isŁno limit to the is a slØve to her job. Bill is a slØve to his
successŁ that canŁ be achievedŁ orŁ the drug addiction.
money that canŁbe gainedŁorŁspent.Ł If sleep in to oversleep;Łto sleepŁlate inŁthe
you take a job with us, you’ll find the pro- morning. If you slłep in again, you’ll głt
motion prospects very good. The sky’s the fired. I really felt like slłepng in this
limt, in fact. The insurance salesmłn morning.
were told that the sky was the lmt when
it came to poŁential earnings. sleepŁlikeŁa baby Go to sleep like a log.
slackŁoff 1. to taper off; to reduce gradu- sleep like a log and sleepŁlikeŁa baby
ally. Business tends to slack off during to slep very soundly. Everyone in our
the winter months. The storms błgin to family slłeps like a log, so no one heard the
slack off in April. 2. to become lessŁactive; fire engines in the middle of the night.
to become lazyŁorŁinefficient.Ł Near the Nothing can wake me up. I usually slłep
end of the school year, Sally błgan to slack like a bØby.
off, and her grades showed it. John got
fired for slackng off during the busy sleepŁ on something to think about some-
season. thingŁovernight; to weigh aŁdecisionŁover-
night.Ł I don’t know whether I agree to
a slapŁin theŁfyce anŁinsult; anŁact that do it. Let me slłep on it. I slłpt on it, and
causesŁ disappointment or discourage- I’ve decided to accłpt your offer.
ment.Ł Losing the election was a slap in
the face for the club presidłnt. Failng to sleep something off to sleep while the effects
głt into a good collłge was a slap in the facł of liquàrŁ orŁ drugsŁ passŁ away.Ł John
to Tim after his years of study. drank too much and włnt home to slłep
it off. T Bill is Øt home slłepng off the łf-
slapŁ someone dłwn to rbuke or rebuff fects of the drug they gØve him.
someone, possiblyŁwith actualŁslapping.
You mØy disagree with her, but you sleep with someone 1. to share a bed with
needà’t slap her down like that. I only sàmeone.Ł Do I have to slłep with my lt-
asked you what time it was! There’s no tle brother? Many lttle boys have to
need to slap me down! What a rotten hu- slłep with their brothers. 2. to copulate
mor you’re in! with someone.Ł(Euphemisðic.) I hear

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