| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| rabbit |
steal, take company supplies, pinch, scoff
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Those sailors will rabbit anything that isn't chained to the deck!
They're ruddy thieves!
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| rabbit died |
(See the rabbit died)
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| rabbit food |
lettuce, carrots, cabbage etc.
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Dad says salad is tasteless. He calls it rabbit food.
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| rabble-rouser |
a person who makes noise and causes problems
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A bunch of rabble-rousers were fighting at the football game.
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| rack my brain |
think hard, try to remember
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I've racked my brain, but I can't remember where I saw that man.
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| rack up |
compile, increase, build up, run up
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He racked up a lot of points with his first hand of cribbage.
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| rad |
radical, weird, on the fringe
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What a rad video! The singer's head was sitting on a table!
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| rags |
clothes, threads
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I need some new rags. My clothes are old and worn.
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| rags to riches |
(See from rags to riches)
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| ragtop |
convertible car, ragtop
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In the summer, Pam drives a ragtop - a Fiat Spyder.
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