R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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Contents of R:
[round trip] {n.}
A return trip; passage to a place and back.
The ticket agent explained that a ticket for a round trip to Hawaii at certain times of the year may cost less than a one-way ticket during the high season.
[round up] {v.}
1. To bring together (cattle or horses).
Cowboys round up their cattle in the springtime to brand the new calves.
2. {informal}
To collect; gather.
Dave rounded up many names for his petition.
[round-eyed] or [wide-eyed] also [large-eyed] {adj.}
Very much surprised; astonished; awed.
The people were round-eyed when they learned what the computer could do.
* /The children were wide-eyed at the sight of the Christmas tree and didn't make […]
[roundup] {n.}
A muster; an inspection; a gathering together.
The farmer and his son decided to hold a major roundup of all their cattle to see that none had been stolen by the bandits.
* /The police roundup of all suspected drug dealers took […]
[royal road] {n. phr.}
A quick means of accomplishment; an easy path.
There is no royal road to learning in order to obtain a university degree.
[rub down] {v. phr.}
1. To dry the body of (an animal or person) by rubbing.
Stablemen rub down a horse after a race.
2. To rub and press with the fingers on the body of (a person) to loosen muscles or prevent stiffness; massage.
* /Trainers rub […]
[rub elbows] also [rub shoulders] {v. phr.}
To be in the same place (with others); meet and mix.
City people and country people, old and young, rub elbows at the horse show.
* /On a visit to the United Nations Building in New York, you may rub […]