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quantum mechanicsSomething overly complicated or detailed.Rate it:

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quero verSaid of something one is confident that will not happen.Rate it:

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queue upTo enqueue, to add something to a queue.Rate it:

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Quick on the DrawReady to respond on something in an efficient manner, faster or quicker in something, efficient to acquire some infoRate it:

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quid pro quo(law) This for that; giving something to receive something else; something equivalent; something in return.Rate it:

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quid pro quoSomething understood as something else; an equivocation.Rate it:

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quid pro quo(law) A form of sexual discrimination where a person implicitly or explicitly offers something in exchange for sexual favours.Rate it:

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quiet downTo make someone or something become quieter.Rate it:

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quieten downTo make someone or something become quieter.Rate it:

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rabble rouserSomeone or something that tends to inspire mobs; something controversial or provocative.Rate it:

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race against timeA situation in which something must be done hurriedly, by a deadline.Rate it:

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race out of the trapsTo start something very quickly.Rate it:

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rack one's brainTo struggle to think of or remember something.Rate it:

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Raise an EyebrowShocking or surprising someone by saying something exceptional or doing something extraordinary; showing the facial expressions of disapproving somethingRate it:

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raise the barTo raise standards or expectations, especially by creating something to a higher standard.Rate it:

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raise the spectreTo cause concern that something unfortunate might happen.Rate it:

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rake into collect something such as leaves into a pile, often with a rakeRate it:

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

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rake overTo discuss something unpleasant from the past.Rate it:

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rat's nestSomething that is excessively complicated, entangled, or disorderly.Rate it:

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ratsSomething bad happendRate it:

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Rats Abandoning a Sinking ShipPeople who aren’t loyal to something, especially an enterprise and leave it before things get worseRate it:

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rattle throughTo do something extremely quickly and perfunctorily.Rate it:

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raw dealA situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives nothing or much less than expected.Rate it:

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Read Between the LinesTo discern the reality, or the hidden truth from something such as a fact or documentRate it:

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read outTo read something and say the words to inform other people.Rate it:

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read to filth (or) read for filthBasically to scold, or to get called out on something; to reprimand, to degrade, to cuss out, to correct, to set them straight, to tell them what's what & who's who.Rate it:

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Real McCoyGenuine or the original articles and not the fake ones; something original or best in qualityRate it:

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reality checkA check or review to make sure something is consistent, reasonable, etc.Rate it:

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rearrange the deck chairs on the titanicTo do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem.Rate it:

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reckon without one's hostTo reckon without or not reckon with something or somebody, misjudge, miscalculate, ignore, not take into account.Rate it:

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rector civitatis (De Or. 1. 48. 211)the head of the state.Rate it:

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red face testA hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment, that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment.Rate it:

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red flagA cue, warning, or alert; a sign or signal that something is wrong.Rate it:

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Red HerringSomething that can be extremely misleading and can cause the attention of an individual to be diverted to something else from the main issue/subjectRate it:

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red stateA state of the United States voting Republican in a given election, or tending to vote Republican in general.Rate it:

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reflect onTo think carefully about something, and give it due consideration.Rate it:

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rei publicae praeesseto have the management of the state.Rate it:

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rein inTo stop or slow something, by exercising control.Rate it:

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rem publicam alicui permittereto give some one unlimited power in state affairs.Rate it:

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rem publicam augere, amplificareto aggrandise, extend the power of the state.Rate it:

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rem publicam constituereto give the state a constitution.Rate it:

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rem publicam funditus evertereto completely overthrow the government, the state.Rate it:

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rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernareto govern, administer the state.Rate it:

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rem publicam in libertatem vindicare a or ex dominationeto deliver the state from a tyranny.Rate it:

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rem publicam labefactareto shake the stability of the state.Rate it:

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rem publicam legibus et institutis temperare (Tusc. 1. 1. 2)to give the state a constitution.Rate it:

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rem publicam perturbareto throw the state into confusion.Rate it:

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rem publicam quaestui habereto enrich oneself at the expense of the state.Rate it:

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rem publicam tueri, stabilireto defend, strengthen the state.Rate it:

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