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"Right", "rate"

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at this rate

[at this rate] or [at that rate] {adv. phr.} At a speed like this or that; with progress like this or that. * /John's father said that if John kept […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

cut-rate

[cut-rate] (2) {adj.} Sold for a price lower than usual; selling cheap things. * /If you buy cut-rate things, be sure they are good quality first./ * /John's brother bought […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

second-rate

[second-rate] {adj.} Of mediocre or inferior quality. * /The movie received a bad review; it was second-rate at best./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

rate with someone

[rate with someone] {v. phr.} To be esteemed highly by another. * /The professor really rates with both the graduate students and the undergraduates./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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