R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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Contents of R:
[read the riot act] {v. phr.}
To give someone a strong warning or scolding.
Three boys were late to class and the teacher read the riot act to them.
[read up on] {v. phr.}
To study carefully in preparation for an examination or other special purpose.
* /Since Mr. and Mrs. Lee are going to take their American citizenship exams soon, they must read up on the Constitution and the three branches of […]
[ready money] {n. phr.}
Cash on hand.
Frank refuses to buy things on credit, but, if he had the ready money, he would buy that lovely old house.
[ready-made] {adj.}
Mass-produced; machine made.
I buy all my dresses ready-made because I can't afford to have them made to order.
[rear end] {n.}
1. The back part (usually of a vehicle)
The rear end of our car was smashed when we stopped suddenly and the car behind us hit us.
- Often used like an adjective, with a hyphen.
* /A head-on crash is more likely to kill the […]
[rear its head] {v. phr.}
To appear; emerge.
After decades of certainty that tuberculosis had been eradicated globally, it suddenly reared its ugly head right here in the United States.
[reason]
See:
[IN REASON],
[LISTEN TO REASON],
[RHYME OR REASON],
[STAND TO REASON],
[WITHIN REASON].