Phrasal verbs are an important feature of the English language. The meaning of a phrasal verb often bears no relation to the meaning of either the verb or the particle which is used with it. Many phrasal verbs have several different meanings.
Store away (to put something in a safe place)
All my clothes are stored away in a wardrobe.
Store up (to keep a lot of something in one place)
Children store up their toys under beds.
Stow away (to hide on a ship in order to travel secretly)
The refugees stowed away on a ship bound for Italy.
Straighten out (to become straight or to make something straight)
The highway straightens out after a few kilometres.
Straighten up (to stand straight)
When he tried to straighten up something clicked in his back.
Strap into (to fasten someone into a seat using a strap)
Small children need to be strapped into their seats.
Stretch away (if an area of land stretches away, it continues over a long distance)
Paddy fields stretched away as far as the eye can see.
Stretch out (to lie with your arms and legs spread out in a relaxed way)
After doing all the household work she stretched out on the sofa.
Strike back (to attack someone who has attacked you)
Sometimes wives strike back at their violent husbands.
Strike down (to make someone very ill)
After getting wet in the rain he was struck down with flu.
Strike off (if a doctor or lawyer is struck off, they are not allowed to practise their professions)
A lawyer has been struck off for professional misconduct.
Strike on (to think of a good idea)
She struck on a novel idea while working as a researcher.
Strike out (to start doing something that you have not done before)
He was never afraid to strike out in new directions.
Strike up (to start a conversation with someone)
He struck up a conversation with a stranger while travelling on the train.
String out (if people are strung out, they wait in a long line with spaces between them)
Armed policemen were strung out along the road.
String together (to manage to say something other people can understand)
She managed to string a few words together in French.
Strip down (to separate a vehicle into its different parts in order to repair it)
The mechanic specialises in stripping down motor vehicles and repairing them.
Strip of (to take away a prize, right or position of power from someone as a punishment)
She was stripped of her god medal.
Strip off (to remove clothes you are wearing)
She stripped off before getting into the shower.
Struggle on (to continue doing something which is difficult)
With the little money I was earning I struggled on to continue my higher education.
Stumble upon (to discover something by chance)
Scientists have stumbled upon a cure for cancer.
Subject to (to make somebody experience something unpleasant)
While in prison he was subjected to inhuman treatment.
Subscribe to (to have a particular belief or opinion)
Do you subscribe to the view that women are better administrators than men?
Suck into (to become involved in an unpleasant situation)
I don’t want to get involved in this argument but I feel myself being sucked into it.
Sucker into (to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them)
We were suckered into doing the job free.