S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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Contents of S:
[settle down] {v.}
1. To live more quietly and sensibly; have a regular place to live and a regular job; stop acting wildly or carelessly, especially by growing up.
John will settle down after he gets a job and gets married.
2. To become quiet, […]
[settle for] {v.}
To be satisfied with (less) agree to; accept.
Jim wanted $200 for his old car, but he settled for $100.
[settle on] {v. phr.}
To decide which one to choose among various alternatives.
My parents have been debating what kind of a car to get and have finally settled on a BMW from Germany.
[settle up] {v. phr.}
To pay up; conclude monetary or other transactions.
"Let's settle up," Carol's attorney said, when she sued Don for a hefty sum of money after their divorce.
[set to] {v.}
1. To make a serious beginning.
Charlie took a helping of turkey, grabbed his knife and fork, and set to.
2. To start to fight.
One man called the other a liar and they set to.
[set to music] {v. phr.}
To compose a musical accompaniment to verse.
Schubert and Beethoven both set to music many a famous poem by Goethe and Schiller.
[setup] {v.}
1. To provide the money for the necessities for.
When he was twenty-one, his father set him up in the clothing business.
2. To establish; start.
The government has set up many hospitals for veterans of the armed forces.
3. To […]
[setup] {n. phr.}
(stress on "set")
1. Arrangement, management, circumstances.
Boy, you really have a wonderful setup in your office!
I just can't do my work in such a messy setup!
2. Financial arrangement.
* /It is a fairly generous setup […]