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[raise funds] or [money]{v. phr.} To solicit donations for a charity or a specific project. •/Our church is trying to raise the funds for a new organ./
[raise hackles] or [raise one’s hackles]{v. phr.} To make (someone) upset or annoyed; arouse hostility. •/Attempts to add new ingredients to the beer raised hackles among all the old brew masters./
[raise havoc] See: PLAY HAVOC WITH.
[raise heck] See: RAISE THE DEVIL.
[raise hob] See: RAISE THE DEVIL.
[raise one’s sights]{v. phr.} To aim high; be ambitious. •/Teenage boys sometimes think too much of themselves and have a tendency to raise their sights too high./
[raise one’s voice]{v. phr.} To speak loudly, as if in anger or in protest. •/"I’m sorry, Mom," Peter said. "I didn’t mean to raise my voice."/
[raise the devil] or [raise heck] or [raise hob] or [raise ned]{v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; start a fight or an argument. •/Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed the other driver./ •/Some teenage boys raised the devil in town on Halloween night and damaged a lot of property./ Compare: KICK UP A FUSS.
[raise the roof]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To make a lot of noise; be happy and noisy. •/The gang raised the roof with their singing./ 2. To scold loudly. •/Mother raised the roof when she saw the dog’s muddy footprints on her new bedspread./ Compare: KICK UP A FUSS, RAISE CAIN.
[rake in]{v. phr.} To realize great profits; take in money. •/Because of the heavy snowfall, ski lodge operators in the Rocky Mountains have been raking in the dough this winter season./
[rake off]{v. phr.} To illegally expropriate part of a sum paid. •/The secretary-treasurer of the association has been caught raking off some of the membership dues./
[rake-off] See: KICKBACK.
[rake over the coals] See: HAUL OVER THE COALS.
[rake up]{v. phr.} To expose; gather; bring to light. •/Let’s forget about the past; there’s no need to rake up all those old memories./
[ramble on about]{v. phr.} To chatter on idly and without a purpose. •/When Ted has too much to drink, he always rambles on about the good old days./
[ram down one’s throat] See: SHOVE DOWN ONE’S THROAT.
[random] See: AT RANDOM.
[rank] See: CLOSE RANKS, PULL RANK.
[rank and file]{n. phr.} Ordinary people; the regular membership of an organization; the enlisted privates in the Army. •/The general usually inspects the rank and file on specific national holidays./ •/The secretary of the association sends letters annually to the rank and file./
[rap] See: TAKE THE RAP.
[rap one’s knuckles]{v. phr.} To scold or punish. •/The principal rapped our knuckles for cheating on the test./ •/If you talk back to Dad, you’ll get your knuckles rapped./ •/The club got its knuckles rapped by the principal for hazing new members./ •/Why rap my knuckles? It wasn’t my fault./ Compare: DRESSING DOWN, GIVE IT TO(2).
[rat] See: SMELL A RAT.
[rate] See: AT ANY RATE, FIRST RATE.
[rather] See: HAD RATHER.
[rat on] See: BLOW THE WHISTLE, RAT OUT.
[rat out] or [rat out on]{v. phr.}, {slang} To desert; to leave at a critical time. •/Joe ratted out on Sue when she was seven months pregnant./
[rat race]{n.}, {slang} A very confusing, crowded, or disorderly rush; a confusing scramble, struggle, or way of living that does not seem to have a purpose. •/The dance last night was a rat race. It was too noisy and crowded./ •/School can be a rat race if you don’t keep up with your studies./ •/This job is a rat race. The faster you work, the faster the boss wants you to work./
[rate with someone]{v. phr.} To be esteemed highly by another. •/The professor really rates with both the graduate students and the undergraduates./
[rattle] See: SABRE RAITLING.
[rattle off] or [reel off]{v.} To say quickly without having to stop to think; recite easily and rapidly. •/When Roger was seven he could rattle off the names of all the states in alphabetical order./ •/Joan memorized the "Gettysburg Address" so well that she could reel it off./ •/We asked the waitress what flavors of ice cream she had, and she rattled them off./
[rattle one’s saber]{v. phr.} To threaten another government or country without subsequent acts of war. •/It is considered an act of demagoguery on the part of politicians to rattle their sabers./ Compare: YELLOW JOURNALISM.
[rave about]{v. phr.} To talk very enthusiastically about someone or something. •/Hank praised the new TV show very highly but we didn’t think it was anything to rave about./