R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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[run a tight ship] {v. phr.}
To run an organization with a firm hand, with strict rules and regulations.
Our dean of the college runs a very tight ship; he tolerates no mistakes.
[run after] or [chase after] {v.}
1. To try to find; look for; hunt.
The Dramatic Club has to run all over town after things for setting the stage when it puts on a play.
2. {informal}
To seek the company of; chase.
* /Some boys spend a lot of […]
[run around] or [chase around] {v.}, {informal}
To go to different places for company and pleasure; be friends.
Tim hasn't been to a dance all year; with school work and his job, he hasn't time to run around.
* /Chuck and Jim chase around a lot […]
[run around in circles] {v. phr.}
To waste time in repetitious movements; be confused.
There was such a crowd in the lobby that I ran around in circles trying to find my group.
[run around like a chicken with its head cut off]
See: [RUN AROUND IN CIRCLES].
[run away] or [run off] {v.}
To leave and not plan to come back; go without permission; escape.
Many times Tommy said he would run away from home, but he never did.
The guards in jail make sure that none of the prisoners run away.
Compare: […]
[run away with] {v.}
1a. To take quickly and secretly, especially without permission; steal.
A thief ran away with Grandma's silver teapot.
Syn.: [MAKE OFF].
1b. To go away with; elope.
* /Mary said that if her parents wouldn't let her marry […]
[run circles around] also [run rings around] {v. phr.}
To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily.
In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day.
* /Frank ran rings around the other boys on […]