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Ride/Weather the storm
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Survive a crisis; overcome the dangers; overcome difficulties. |
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Riffraff
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the offscourings of society, the dregs of humanity (originally came to English from the French rif et raf, meaning “one and all”. Later, thanks perhaps to the influence of a Swedish word, raff, meaning “sweepings”, it came to mean as above-mentioned). |
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Right along
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together with; without cessation, continuously. |
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Right here
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here, at this spot, at this time. |
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Right now
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Right smart
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a great quantity, many. |
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Ring a bell
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seem familiar; sound right; remind one vaguely of someone/something. |
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Rip-snorter
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a tearing, driving fellow. |
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Roadhouse
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An inn or restaurant in a suburban or rural locality which caters especially to transient pleasure-seekers. |
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Rob Peter to pay Paul
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to change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another. |
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Rock the boat
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don't make the boat tip over. |
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Rod down real good
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Rolling stone
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(Saying) a person who moves from place to place, job to job, etc and so does not have a lot of money, possessions, and friends but is free from responsibilities. |
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Roman candle
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“fireworks display”. A tube filled with a composition, when lit, explodes with colored balls of fire into the sky, with several subsequent bursts of the color. |
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Roof over our/your head
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(informal) a place to live in; a house. |
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Rotten to the core
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extremely, totally bad (or evil). |
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Round and round
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(often go ~) keep coming back over and over again; moving in circles; spinning. |
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Round wafer
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a thin, round cake of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist as in the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant churches. |
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Rout about
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a disorderly situation |
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Rub shoulders (with somebody)
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(informal) have fellowship with; get involved with. |
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Ruffle someone's feathers
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make someone uncomfortable; annoy someone by
doing something that upsets and disturbs them. |
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Run in an arch
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to form an arch or a curve; raised in the centre
and lower on both ends. |
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Run it on through the Bible
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To follow the subject through the Bible; to
check something. |
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Run its course
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To fulfill a normal development; terminate a normal period. Come to an end. |
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Run my traps
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to check my animal traps. "Trap" - a device for catching and holding animals. |
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Run true to form
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act as one is expected to, according to one's usual behavior; happen as expected. |
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Run/be low (on something)
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had become scarce; not have much left. |
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Run/go wild
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grow or behave in an uncontrolled way. |
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to go crazy; to go out of one’s mind. |
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Run-about
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A person who runs about from one place to another. |
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A light, one-seated, open automobile; roadster. |
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Rundown
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to be tired or not in good health. |
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