Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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run run one’s rhymes
run run out of gas
run run scared
run run someone in
run Run that by (me) again.
run Run that by (me) one more time.
run Take a running jump (in the lake)!
run turn tail (and run)
rushbum’s rush
rustrust belt
rustrust bucket
ruth call ruth
ruth cry ruth
sack fart sack
sack get the sack
sack hit the sack
sack sacked out
sack sack out
sack sack rat
sack sack time
sack sad sack
sack second sacker
sacred sacred mushrooms
sadsad sack
saddle saddled with someone or something
saddle tall in the saddle
safe on the safe side
said What someone said.
sail clear sailing
sail sail into someone
sail sail (right) through something
sail take the wind out of someone’s sails
sakeFor Pete’s sake!
sakeFor pity’s sake!
sale no sale
salt back to the salt mines
salt go through someone like a dose of (the)
salts
salt salt and pepper
salt salt horse
salt throw salt on someone’s game
salt worth one’s salt
SamSam and Dave
SamUncle (Sam)
SamWhat in Sam Hill?
SamWhat in (the) Sam Hill?
SamWhere in (the) Sam Hill?
SamWhere the Sam Hill?
same on the same page
same on the same wavelength
same same difference
same same here
same same old story
same same o(l)’ same o(l)’
sandaljelly sandals
sandbag self-propelled sandbag


sandwich dagwood (sandwich)
sandwich knuckle sandwich
sandwich soup sandwich
Saturday Saturday night special
sauce lost in the sauce
sauce on the sauce
sauce sauce parlor
sausage play hide the sausage
save saved by the bell
save Save it!
sawbuckdouble saw(buck)
say I hear what you are saying.
say let’s say
say Say cheese!
say Says me!
say Says who?
say Says you!
say say uncle
say Say what?
say Smile when you say that.
say That’s what I say.
say What do you say?
say What someone said.
say You can say that again!
scag scag jones
scam What’s the scam?
scandalscandal sheet
scarce make oneself scarce
scarerun scared
scarescared shitless
scarescared stiff
scarescare someone or something up
scarescare the hell out of someone
scarescare the pants off someone
scarfscarf out
scarfscarf something down
scenario worst-case scenario
sceneheavy scene
scenemake the scene
schizzschiz(z) out
schmear whole schmear
SchmoJoe Schmo
schoolschool someone
schoolboyschoolboy Scotch
scope scope (on) someone
scope scope someone out
score know the score
score make a score
Scotch schoolboy Scotch
Scott Great Scott!
Scotty Beam me up, Scotty!
scramble scrambled eggs
scrapescrape the bottom of the barrel
scratch scratch sheet
scratch up to scratch
scream scream bloody murder

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