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[raw] See: IN THE RAW.
[raw deal]{n. phr.} Unfair treatment; inequity. •/Barry got a raw deal when he was sent to teach the class on advanced nuclear physics; he’s an inexperienced graduate student./
[razzle-dazzle]{n.}, {slang} Fancy display; showing off. •/He is such a good player that he doesn’t have to add razzle-dazzle to his game./ •/Do we need all this razzle-dazzle to advertise our fair?/
[reach] See: BOARDING HOUSE REACH.
[reach first base] See: GET TO FIRST BASE.
[reach for the sky]{v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To put your hands high above your head or be shot. — Usually used as a command. •/A holdup man walked into a gas station last night and told the attendant "Reach for the sky!"/ Syn.: HANDS UP. 2. To set one’s aims high. •/"Why medical technician?" asked her father. "Reach for the sky! Become a physician!"/
[read between the lines]{v. phr.} To understand all of a writer’s meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. •/Some kinds of poetry make you read between the lines./ •/A clever foreign correspondent can often avoid censorship by careful wording, leaving his audience to read between the lines./
[read into]{v. phr.} To attribute extra meaning to; deduce from; consider to be implicit in. •/Just because Fred’s letters sounded so friendly Mary was wrong to read anything serious into them./
[read off]{v. phr.} To read in a speaking voice from a list. •/The secretary read off the names of those present in alphabetical order./
[read one like a book]{v. phr.}, {informal} To understand someone completely; know what he will think or do at any time. •/John’s girlfriend could read him like a book./ Compare: READ ONE’S MIND.
[read one one’s rights]{v. phr.} To give to an arrested person the legally required statement regarding the rights of such a person. •/"Read him his rights," Sergeant," the captain said, "and book him for breaking and entering."/
[read one’s mind]{v. phr.} To know what someone else is thinking. •/I have known John so long that I can read his mind./ — [mind reader]{n.} •/That’s exactly what I was going to say. You must be a mind reader!/ Compare: READ LIKE A BOOK.
[read the riot act]{v. phr.} To give someone a strong warning or scolding. •/Three boys were late to class and the teacher read the riot act to them./
[read over]{v. phr.} To read hurriedly in a rather superficial manner. •/The professor said he had no time to read my essay thoroughly but that he had read it over and would comment later in detail./
[read up on]{v. phr.} To study carefully in preparation for an examination or other special purpose. •/Since Mr. and Mrs. Lee are going to take their American citizenship exams soon, they must read up on the Constitution and the three branches of government./
[ready] See: AT THE READY, ROUGH-AND-READY.
[ready-made]{adj.} Mass-produced; machine made. •/I buy all my dresses ready-made because I can’t afford to have them made to order./
[ready money]{n. phr.} Cash on hand. •/Frank refuses to buy things on credit, but, if he had the ready money, he would buy that lovely old house./
[real] See: FOR REAL, IT’S BEEN REAL.
[rear] See: BRING UP THE REAR.
[rear end]{n.} 1. The back part (usually of a vehicle) •/The rear end of our car was smashed when we stopped suddenly and the car behind us hit us./ — Often used like an adjective, with a hyphen. •/A head-on crash is more likely to kill the passengers than a rear-end crash./ Contrast: HEAD-ON. 2. Rump; backside. •/Bobby’s mother was so annoyed with his teasing that she swatted his rear end./
[rear its head]{v. phr.} To appear; emerge. •/After decades of certainty that tuberculosis had been eradicated globally, it suddenly reared its ugly head right here in the United States./
[reason] See: IN REASON, LISTEN TO REASON, RHYME OR REASON, STAND TO REASON, WITHIN REASON.
[receive with open arms] See: WITH OPEN ARMS.
[reckon with]{v.} To consider as one of the things which may change a situation; consider (something) that will make a difference in the results. •/The coach said the opposing pitcher had a fast ball to be reckoned with./ Syn.: TAKE INTO ACCOUNT.
[reckon without]{v.} To fail to consider as one of the things which might change a situation; not think about. •/The committee for the class picnic party made careful plans for a beach party but they reckoned without a sudden change in the weather./
[record] See: MATTER OF RECORD, OFF THE RECORD, ON RECORD.
[red] See: IN THE RED, PAINT THE TOWN RED, SEE RED.
[redcap]{n.} A porter at an airport or at a railroad station. •/Mr. Smith works as a redcap at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport./