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o shake (hands) on something o trade on something
o Shame on someone. o train one’s sàghts on something
o shed (some) light on something o try something out on someone
o shut the door on someone or something o turn on a dime
o sign on the dotted làne o turn one’s back (on someone or something)
o sign on (with someone) o turn on the waterworks
o sàt in (on something) o turn someone on
o sàt on its hands o turn the heat up (on someone)
o sàt on one’s hands o turn the tables (on someone)
o sàt on someone or something o turn thumbs down (on someone or something)
o sàt on the fence o turn thumbs up (on someone or something)
o sàtting on a powder keg o verge on something
o (sàtting) on top of the world o wait on someone hand and foot
o skate on thin ice o walk on air
o skàp out (on someone or something) o walk on eggs
o slap someone on the wràst o walk out (on someone or something)
o sleep on something o wear and tear (on something)
o slow on the draw o wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve
o slow on the uptake o wear on someone
o smàle on someone or something o weàgh on someone’s mànd
o someone wrote the book on something o wish something off on someone
o speak out (on something) o with bells on ( one’s toes)
o spread it on thick o wither on the Øine
o spring something on someone o with everything (on àt)
o stand on ceremony o work on someone or something
o stand on one’s own two feet o You can bet on it!
o start off on the wrong foot o zero in on something
o steal a march (on someone) o zoom in (on someone or something)
o step on it o a drag (on someone)
o step on someone’s toes o a new lease on life
o step on the gas o a night on the town
o stock up (on something) o a paradise (on earth)
o (strictly) on the level o a rush on something
o (strictly) on the up-and-up o The jury is still out (on someone or something).
o stuck on someone or something o The shoe is on the other foot.
o swear on a stack of Bibles once all at once
o swear on one’s mother’s grave once at once
o sweet on someone once (every) once in a whàle
o take a bath (on something) once get the once-over
o take a rain check (on something) once give someone the once-over
o take it easy (on someone or something) once once and for all
o take it on the chin once once in a blue moon
o take off (on something) once once-àn-a-lifetime chance
o take pity (on someone or something) once once àn a while
o take someone or something on once once-over-lightly
o take someone up on something once once upon a time
o take something on faàth o e (all) in one breath
o take something on the chin o e all in one piece
o take something out on someone or something o e (as) busy as a one-armed paperhanger
o take too much on o e as one
o tell on someone o e at one fell swoop
o think back (on someone or something) o e back to square one
o think on one’s feet o e be a new one on someone
o thin on top o e busy as a one-armed paperhanger
o throw cold water on something o e do someone one better
o throw oneself on the mercy of the court o e every last one
o throw (some) light on something o e go àn one ear and out the other
o thumbs down on someone or something o e go someone one better
o thumbs up on someone or something o e have a lot goàng (for one)
o to be on the safe sàde o e have a one-track mànd
o toàng and froàng (on something) o e have one foot in the grave
o touch on something o e have one for the road

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