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[seventh heaven]{n. phr.}, {literary} The pinnacle of happiness. •/We were in seventh heaven when the helicopter flew us over the magnificent Grand Canyon./

[sewed up]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Won or arranged as you wish; decided. •/They thought they had the game sewed up, but the other team won it with a touchdown in the last quarter./ •/Dick thought he had the job sewed up, but another boy got it./ Compare: IN THE BAG.

[sexual harassment]{n. phr.} The act of constantly making unwanted advances of a sexual nature for which the offended party may seek legal redress. •/The court fined Wilbur Catwallender $750,000 for sexual harassment of two of his female employees./

[shack up with]{v. phr.}, {slang} To move in with (someone) of the opposite sex without marrying the person. •/Did you know that Ollie and Sue aren’t married? They just decided to shack up for a while./ See: LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING.

[shadow] See: AFRAID OF ONE’S SHADOW, EYE SHADOW.

[shaggy dog (story)]{n. phr.} A special kind of joke whose long and often convoluted introduction and development delay the effect of the punch line. •/Uncle Joe only seems to bore his audiences with his long shaggy dog jokes, for when he comes to the long-awaited punch line, he gets very few laughs./

[shake] See: MORE THAN ONE COULD SHAKE A STICK AT.

[shake a leg]{v. phr.}, {slang} To go fast; hurry. •/Shake a leg! The bus won’t wait./ Compare: STEP ON IT.

[shakedown]{n.} 1. A test. •/Let’s take the new car out and give it a shakedown./ 2. An act of extorting money by threatening. •/It was a nasty shakedown, to get $500 from the old man, promising to protect him./

[shake down]{v. phr.} 1. To cause to fall by shaking. •/He shook some pears down from the free./ 2. {informal} To test, practice, get running smoothly (a ship or ship’s crew). •/The captain shook down his new ship on a voyage to the Mediterranean Sea./ 3. {slang} To get money from by threats. •/The gangsters shook the store owner down every month./

[shake in one’s shoes] or [shake in one’s boots] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be very much afraid. •/The robber shook in his boots when the police knocked on his door./

[shake off]{v.}, {informal} To get away from when followed; get rid of; escape from. •/A convict escaped from prison and shook off the officers trying to follow him./ •/Tom could not shake off his cold./

[shake the dust from one’s feet]{v. phr.} To depart or leave with some measure of disgust or displeasure. •/Jim was so unhappy in our small, provincial town that he was glad to shake the dust from his feet and move to New York./

[shake up]{v.}, {informal} To bother; worry; disturb. •/The notice about a cut in pay shook up everybody in the office./

[shake-up]{n.} A change; a reorganization. •/After the scandal there was a major shake-up in the Cabinet./

[shame] See: FOR SHAME, PUT TO SHAME.

[shape] See: IN SHAPE, OUT OF SHAPE, TAKE SHAPE.