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| Racey | Sexually stimulating (The movie was a bit racey.) |
| Rain buckets | Much rainfall (It's raining buckets in Bangkok today.) |
| Rain cats and dogs | Much rainfall (I can't go outside because it's raining cats and dogs.) |
| Rake in | To collect (We probably can rake in the money.) |
| Rake over the coals | To chastise (The boss raked Bill over the coals for coming in so late.) |
| Ramp up | To increase; study (You better ramp up if you hope to pass the test.) |
| Ramrod | To boss; direct (Chuck is the man to ramrod this outfit.) |
| Rap sheet | Criminal record (Police keep rap sheets on computers now.) |
| Raring to go | To be prepared (The boy scouts are raring to go.) |
| Rat | Untrustworthy person (No one trusts that rat.) |
| Rat fink | Tattletale; bad person (Leonard is a rat fink who can't be trusted.) |
| Rat on | To inform (The stoolie ratted on his friends.) |
| Rattle | To upset (The thunder storm last night rattled Rosa.) |
| Rattle (his) cage | To ask (Who rattled your cage?) |
| Rattletrap | Old vehicle (Victor's rattletrap looks ready for the junkyard.) |
| Raw deal | To be unfortunate; bad bargain (I think John got a raw deal on that.) |
| Read (my) mind | To know well (Sometimes I think you can read my mind.) |
| Real deal | Factual; true (Arturo claims his love for Maria is the real deal.) |
| Real McCoy | Actual; true (I will only buy the real McCoy, not an imitation.) |
| Reckon | To think; consider [Cowboy talk] (I reckon we can meet John later today.) |
| Red as a beet | Embarrassed (John turned red as a beet when asked to speak in public.) |
| Red-faced | Embarrassed (Joan was red-faced after tripping on her dress.) |
| Red light district | Area for prostitution (Bangkok has several red light districts.) |
| Remember the Alamo | Expression that means to avenge a wrong. [Refers to a battle in San Antonio, Texas] |
| Rib | Tease; to joke (Classmates ribbed Joe about his odd hat.) |
| Rich | Unbelievable [Sarcasm] (Oh, his latest statement is rich.) |
| Ride herd | To look after [Cowboy talk] (It's your night to ride herd.) |
| Ride (someone) | To bother; torment (We think the teacher likes to ride Nathan.) |
| Ride the gravy train | Take the easy way (Dorothy admits that she wants to ride the gravy train.) |
| Ride the rails | To ride on a railroad train (This is Joe's first time to ride the rails.) |
| Riding for a fall | Imminent failure (I warned Louis that he was riding for a fall.) |
| Riffraff | Trashy people (Downtown is full of riffraff.) |
| Rig | 1. To ensure an illegal or unfair action (She rigged the final text.) 2. A truck or wagon (The trucker climbed into his big rig.) |
| Right arm | Trusted assistant (Jeff is my right arm. I can't get along without him.) |
| Right as rain | Correct |
| Right on! | Correct; to agree (Right on! I like that idea.) |
| Right quick | Quickly; soon [Southern dialect] (Jeremy can go right quick.) |
| Righto | Correct (Righto, that's what Sylvia wants.) |
| Ring a bell | To sound familiar (Yes, that rings a bell. I remember now.) |
| Ringer, a | Someone who looks similar to another person (They used a ringer for Sam.) |
| Ringside seat | Close view (I had a ringside seat when the girls had a shouting match.) |
| Rip-off | To steal; cheat; copy (I won't buy a cheap, rip-off version.) |
| Rob (him) blind | To steal everything (The maid tried to rob us blind.) |
| Rock bottom | Lowest (This is my rock bottom price.) |
| Rock solid | Unwavering (The measure passed due to rock solid support.) |
| Rock the boat | To cause trouble (Mary promised not to rock the boat.) |
| Rod | A pistol (Did Danny get a rod yet?) |
| Roger | To agree [Military term] (Roger, I will come now.) |
| Roll 'em | Start filming [Movie term] (Quiet on the set. Now, roll 'em.) |
| Roll in the hay | To engage in sex (Those college students just had a roll in the hay.) |
| Roll with the punch | Accept whatever happens (In life, it's best to just roll with the punch.) |
| Rots of ruck | Silly way of saying: Lots of luck |
| Rotten egg | A loser (Matilda refuses to speak with that rotten egg.) |
| Round up | To gather (The boys began to round up their toys after playing with them.) |
| Roust | Cause to move; to arrest (Police rousted a gang of thieves.) |
| Rub it in | To emphasize (Danny just had to rub it in that we failed.) |
| Rub out | To eliminate; kill (Drug hitmen rubbed out their competition.) |
| Rub up against | To encounter (I hope we don't rub up against a tough guy.) |
| Rube | Unsuspecting victim (Carneys often trick rubes, who lose money to them.) |
| Run a con | To swindle (Criminals will run a con against their mark.) |
| Run a scam | To cheat by trickery (That used car dealer tried to run a scam on me.) |
| Run-around | A deception (Maggie gave Fred the run-around again.) |
| Run around with | To associate with (Sally likes to run around with handsome boys.) |
| Run for the hills | Leave quickly (It's time we ran for the hills.) |
| Run in the ground | Repetitious (Stop the song before you run it in the ground.) |
| Run it through | To test; to do something (Just run it through its pace for now.) |
| Run like a scared rabbit | Afraid; fearful |
| Run like a whipped dog | Afraid; fearful |
| Run low on | Have very little (The city is running low on money.) |
| Run-of-the-mill | Common (Sally bought a run-of-the-mill washing machine.) |
| Run out of | To be deficient (Bob may run out of fuel for his car.) |
| Run out on | To abandon (That bad mother ran out on her children.) |
| Run things | To operate; coordinate (We can run things from our office building.) |
| Run to ground | To hide (Catch the bird before it runs to ground.) |
| Run true to form | Usual action (Marty is running true to form. He finished on time.) |
| Run up | To increase (You should not run up such a big debt.) |
| Runner-up | Not in first place (Betty is a runner-up in the beauty contest.) |
| Runs, the | diarrhea (Bobby had the runs after eating the wrong food.) |
