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| scaredy cat |
a person who is afraid, a coward, fraidy cat
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The girls will say scaredy cat if I don't go in the water.
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| schmooze |
(See shmooze)
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| school of hard knocks |
(See the school of hard knocks)
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| school's out |
school is finished for the day or for the year
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When the bell rings at 3:30, school's out! Yea!
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| scoff |
steal, pinch
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People who scoff books from the library are thieves.
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| scoop |
news report, story
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What's the scoop on the murder? Do you know who did it?
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| scoop them |
get news before they do, print the story first
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The reporter said, "We scooped them all on the Harding story."
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| score to settle |
(See a score to settle)
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| scot-free |
free of work or discipline, not asked to pay, get off
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Four members of the gang were convicted, but two went scot-free.
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| scout's honor |
what I say is the truth; the gospel truth
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We didn't take your golf ball - scout's honor.
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