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rip offTo copy, especially illegally.Rate it:
rip offTo charge an exorbitant or unfair rate.Rate it:
rip onto mock, ridiculeRate it:
rip to shredsTo rip up, so that only shreds remain.Rate it:
rip to shredsTo severely devalue, to refute.Rate it:
rip uptear into piecesRate it:
rip uptear to piecesRate it:
rip uptear apartRate it:
rip uptear into small piecesRate it:
rip-off merchantone who charges excessively high prices for a product.Rate it:
rip-snorting madextremely angryRate it:
ripe old ageA very old ageRate it:
ripen upto ripen; become ripeRate it:
rise aboveTo ignore petty or trivial issues and do what one is supposed to; to act better than someone or something inappropriate.Rate it:
rise aboveTo prevent something unfortunate or traumatic from affecting oneself.Rate it:
rise above your raisin's (raisings)become better than how you were raised; "Rise above your raisin's" is how you pronounce the phrase because in southern expressions, the "g" sound in words ending in "ing" is usually not spoken); rise above your raisingsRate it:
rise and shinea phrase used to wake someone up by telling them to rise out of bed and shine (excel)Rate it:
rise and shineA phrase to wake someone up.Rate it:
rise from the ashesTo make a comeback after a long hiatus. To come back into common use or practice. To come back into popularity. To come back to being a thing of today.Rate it:
rise over runA mnemonic for remembering that the slope of a non-vertical line is the ratio of the amount it rises over some interval, over the length of that interval.Rate it:
rise to the challengeTo show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty.Rate it:
rise to the occasionTo show resolve or effectiveness in dealing with a difficulty.Rate it:
rise to the occasionTo achieve erection for sexual intercourse.Rate it:
rise upTo rebel.Rate it:
rise upTo rise to the surface.Rate it:
rise upTo rear.Rate it:
risk is what fuels innovationRisk taking leads to new ideas and fosters innovation in people. Those who are not afraid of failure will make a difference in society.Rate it:
risk one's life and limbTo do something dangerous that will risk someone's existence together with his or her body facultiesRate it:
riverboat queena large paddle steamer operating on the Mississippi river.Rate it:
rivet counterA person who has an obsession with the minutae of their particular interest. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.Rate it:
rizzwhen a MAN not woman has emaculate rizz it is when they can talk to girls with romantic appeal or romance.Rate it:
roach coachWhimsically, a catering or food truck.Rate it:
road appleHorse manure, especially when deposited on a road.Rate it:
road hogaggressive driverRate it:
road hogselfish driverRate it:
road movieA film in which much of the action takes place during a journey, especially one involving overland travel.Rate it:
road to damascusA road to Damascus moment, or change, is an important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.Rate it:
road to damascusThat was my Road to Damascus moment. They played one hit after another and this is the song I remember most clearly.Rate it:
roadwarriorA person who carries a mobile device such as a laptop or PDA and uses wireless internet connections to work.Rate it:
roadwarriorAlternative spelling of road warrior.Rate it:
roar onTo cheer loudly for.Rate it:
rob peter to pay paulTo solve a problem in a way that makes another problem worse.Rate it:
rob the cradleTo marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person.Rate it:
rob the cradleTo use a young person for a purpose inappropriate to his or her age.Rate it:
robber baronEspecially in the 19th-century and early 20th-century, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable.Rate it:
robber baronIn Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.Rate it:
Robert's your father's brotherBob's your uncleRate it:
rock alongTo progress in a smooth fashion.Rate it:
rock bottomThe very lowest possible level.Rate it:
rock houndA person who collects rocks and minerals from the natural environment as a hobby.Rate it:

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