R
Idioms beginning with "R"
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[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 […]
[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 […]
[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.