R
Idioms beginning with "R"
Part of speech, explanation, example sentences, pronunciation
No categories:
Contents of R:
[room with] {v. phr.}
1. To live in a furnished room with someone as a roommate without having an affair.
I roomed with him in college for four years.
2. To live together as husband and wife without the benefit of marriage.
* /Dan and Sue have […]
[root for] {v. phr.}
To cheer for; applaud; support.
During the Olympics one usually roots for the team of one's own country.
[root-bound] {adj.}
1. Having a limited amount of space for root growth.
After seven or eight years day lilies become root-bound and will not bloom well unless they are divided.
2. Liking the familiar place where you live and not wanting to go […]
[rope]
See:
[END OF ONE'S ROPE],
[GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF],
[ON THE ROPES],
[THE ROPES].
[rope in] {v.}, {informal}
1. To use a trick to make (someone) do something; deceive; fool.
The company ropes in high school students to sell magazine subscriptions by telling them big stories of how much money they can earn.
Syn.: [TAKE UP] (5a).
[…]
[rope into] {v.}, {informal}
1. To trick into; persuade dishonestly.
Jerry let the big boys rope him into stealing some apples.
2. To get (someone) to join in; persuade to work at.
* /It was Sue's job to bathe the dog but she roped Sam into […]
[rope off] {v. phr.}
To divide into sections by use of a rope.
The police roped off the section of the street where the president was expected to jog.