R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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Contents of R:
[race against time] {v. phr.}
To be in a great hurry to finish a given project by a specified deadline.
The workers were racing against time to finish the campus modernization project.
[race to stand still] {v. phr.}
To be so far behind in one's work that one must exert an effort similar to that needed to win a race in order simply not to fall even further behind.
* /"Could you review this book for us, Professor Brown?" the editor […]
[rack and ruin] {n. phr.}
Complete decay; condition of decline.
The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin.
[rack one's brain] {v. phr.}
To try your best to think; make a great mental effort; especially: to try to remember something you have known.
Bob racked his brain trying to remember where he left the book.
* /Susan racked her brain trying to guess […]
[radio ham] {n. phr.}
Someone whose hobby is the operating of shortwave radio.
The code letters C.Q. are used by radio hams to invite other radio hams to join in the conversation.
[rag doll] {n.}
A doll made of cloth and filled with soft stuffing.
My baby brother won't go to bed without his rag doll.
[rag trade] {n. phr.}
The clothing industry.
My brother is working in the rag trade, manufacturing dresses.