R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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Contents of R:
[run its course] {v. phr.}
To fulfill a normal development; terminate a normal period.
Your flu will run its course; in a few days you'll be back on your feet.
[run of luck] {n. phr.}
A period of good luck.
I had a run of luck last Saturday when I went fishing and caught seven big trout within one hour.
[run off] {v. phr.}
1. To produce with a printing press or duplicating machine.
The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper.
2. To drive away.
The boys saw a dog digging in mother's flower bed, and they ran him off.
* /When […]
[run off at the mouth] {v. phr.}
To talk too much; be unable to stop talking.
"Shut up, John," our father cried. "You are always running off at the mouth."
[run out] {v.}
1a. To come to an end; be used up.
Jerry almost got across the brook on the slippery stones but his luck ran out and he slipped and fell.
We'd better do our Christmas shopping; time is running out.
Syn.: [GIVE OUT] (5).
1b. To […]
[run out on] {v. phr.}
To leave someone in the lurch; abandon another.
When Ted ran out on Delores, she got so angry that she sued him for divorce.
[run over] {v.}
1. To be too full and flow over the edge; spill over.
Billy forgot he had left the water on, and the tub ran over.
2. To try or go over (something) quickly; practice briefly.
* /During the lunch hour, Mary ran over her history […]
[run ragged] {v. phr.}
To tire out; make nervous by too much worry or work.
Trying to keep up with too many clubs, sports, and activities in addition to his homework ran Tom ragged.
On a rainy day the children sometimes ran Mother ragged.
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[run riot] {v. phr.}
1. To act freely or wildly; not control yourself.
The monkey got out of his cage and ran riot in the pet shop.
John let his imagination run riot, thinking he was hunting lions in Africa.
2. To be or grow in great numbers […]