R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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Contents of R:
[red tape] {n. phr.}
Unnecessary bureaucratic routine; needless but official delays.
If you want to get anything accomplished in a hurry, you have to find someone in power who can cut through all that red tape.
[red-handed] {adj.}
In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action.
The criminal was caught red-handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint.
[red-letter day] {n. phr.}
A holiday; memorable day (usually printed in red on calendars).
The Fourth of July is a red-letter day.
It was a red-letter day for Felix, when he won the lottery.
[red-light district] {n. phr.}
A district of brothels or where prostitutes hang out.
Most unwisely, the young sailor decided to spend his leave on shore by haunting the red-light districts of the port of call.
[redcap] {n.}
A porter at an airport or at a railroad station.
Mr. Smith works as a redcap at Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
[refine on] or [refine upon] {v.}
1. To make better; improve.
Mary was asked to refine on her first outline to make it clearer and more exact.
2. To be better than; surpass.
Modern medical techniques refine on those of the past.
[regain one's feet] {v. phr.}
To get back up again after falling down.
Tom fell while he skied down the hill but he regained his feet quickly.
Compare: [TO ONE'S FEET].