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rack offTo go away; to sod off.Rate it:

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rack offUsed other than as an idiom: see rack, off.Rate it:

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radices agere (De Off. 2. 12. 73)to take root.Rate it:

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rag baggerA sailboat, usually a cruising sailboats which tend to carry and store lots of supplies along the deck, or any sailboat that looks like a neglected vessel, or messy vessel.Rate it:

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rag offTo finish by rolling a rag over a coat of paint or glaze.Rate it:

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rain offto cancel (an event) due to excessive rainRate it:

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raise the roofTo cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise.2008 Oct. 15, Leslie Ferenc, "Voters opt for stability of Guarnieri" in the Toronto Star (Canada)Jubilant Liberal supporters raised the roof of a Mississauga restaurant after incumbent Albina Guarnieri was swept back into office for her seventh term.Rate it:

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rake offUsed other than as an idiom: rake off.Rate it:

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rake offTo remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion.Rate it:

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rake over old coalsTo bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.Rate it:

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rark upA telling off.Rate it:

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rat runA small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.Rate it:

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rattle offTo list or recite quickly.Rate it:

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read like a bookTo be able to discern someone's thoughts from his or her body language or other behavior.Rate it:

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read offTo dictate from a list.Rate it:

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read offTo read from a scale or measure.Rate it:

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rear upTo rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.Rate it:

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reasonable personA fictional person used as a comparative legal standard to represent an average member of society and how he or she would behave or think, especially in determining negligence; sometimes formulated as "a person of ordinary prudence exercising due care in like circumstances."Rate it:

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rebrousser cheminTo retrace one's steps, to turn back.Rate it:

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reel into bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the reel.Rate it:

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reel offTo list effortlessly and quickly.Rate it:

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reel offTo produce (e.g. a performance), in an effortless manner.Rate it:

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religion is like a nail, the deeper you hammer it, the deeper it goes.Addresses the folly of religous intolerance. Criticizing a person's beliefs is more likely to deepen their convictions rather than convince them to change.Rate it:

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rem or opes habere, bona possidere, in bonis esseto possess means, to be well off.Rate it:

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rem publicam capessere (Off. 1. 21. 71)to devote oneself to politics, a political career.Rate it:

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rendre gorgeTo have to pay back money unjustly acquired; To disgorge one’s ill-gotten gains.Rate it:

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repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibusto go back to the remote ages.Rate it:

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res repetere (ab aliquo) (Off. 1. 11. 36)to demand satisfaction, restitution.Rate it:

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res spectat ad vim (arma)there seems a prospect of armed violence; things look like violence.Rate it:

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return to formTo go back to a better, original state.Rate it:

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return to one's muttonsto get back to the business at hand.Rate it:

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revenir de loin1. To come back from a distant place. 2. To recover from a very severe illness.Rate it:

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rhetorical questionA QUESTION which is asked merely for effect, and which does not expect an answer. For example: If I say, "Do I look like a fool?" then I don't expect an answer: I am merely choosing a rhetorical way of saying, "I am not a fool."Rate it:

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rhyme offTo list or recite quickly.Rate it:

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ride off into the sunsetA happy ending where everything gets resolvedRate it:

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right backUsed in several informal constructions to indicate return -- especially imminent return to a point of origin.Rate it:

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right back at youAlternative form of back at youRate it:

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right off the reelImmediately, without pause or hesitationRate it:

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ring backTo return a phone call.Rate it:

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ring backTo make another phone call to the same person.Rate it:

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ring offTo finish a telephone conversation and disconnect.Rate it:

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ring off the hookOf a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.Rate it:

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rip offTo pull off by ripping.Rate it:

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rip offTo steal, cheat or swindle.Rate it:

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rip offTo charge an exorbitant or unfair rate.Rate it:

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rip offTo copy, especially illegally.Rate it:

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rip-off merchantone who charges excessively high prices for a product.Rate it:

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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:

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rod for one's backThe means of one's own punishment or downfall.Rate it:

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roll backTo postpone.Rate it:

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