read across
To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon.
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Expressions you’ll hear in the US — distinctly American usage first, then widespread staples.
read along
To read together with another person, or with another presentation (TV etc)
read for
To study for a degree or an examination.
read into
To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
read like a book
To be able to discern someone's thoughts from their body language or other behavior, especially in great detail and with little effort.
read off
To dictate from a list, especially in a way focused on sequential processing.
read over
To read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not necessarily thoroughly.
read someone's beads
To read someone; to call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
read through
To thoroughly read something to check or proofread it.
read up
To learn (about something) by reading.
readaholic
One who loves to read books; a bookworm.
ready
Ready money; cash.
ready as Freddy
Entirely ready.
ready as I'll ever be
Quite ready; prepared for something.
Ready Reckoners
The Highland regiments of the British army.
ready, fire, aim
Used as a reminder that prompt action is often better than thoroughly planned action, especially in business.
real gone
outrageously cool, wild and carefree
real men don't eat quiche
The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate.
real one
A trustworthy friend.
Real Programmer
An archetypal highly skilled programmer, who eschews abstractions and convenient modern tools and methods of programming, instead preferring to use a manually-optimised low-level language or program directly in machine code for maximum performance.
real talk
Serious communication, especially (interjection) to mark such communication in contrast to previous small talk.
realer
A player of real tennis.
ream out
To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
rear admiral
A proctologist.
rear back
To stand on two rear legs, as an aggressive or fearful gesture.
rear end
The buttocks.
rear up
To rise up, especially an animal like a horse rising up on its rear legs.
reason out
To solve or determine by reasoning.
reccy
Reconnaissance.
recess
A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening. — The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
reckon for
To answer for; to pay the account for.
reckon on
To count on or depend (on).
reckon out
To figure out; determine by calculation, computation, or logic; make out
reckon up
To add up; count up; compute the amount of; tally; come to an accounting of.
reckon upon
Synonym of reckon on.
reckon with
To settle accounts or claims with.
reckon without
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon, without.
recon
reconnaissance.
rectangled
tangled (from a rebracketing of "rectangle" as "rec tangle")
red as a beetroot
Bright red in color; used of the human face when a person is embarrassed.
red as a lobster
Bright red in color, especially from a bad sunburn.
red ball
A high-profile high-priority case which draws political or media attention.
red biddy
A cheap alcoholic drink made by mixing red wine and methylated spirit.
red cunt hair
An extremely small measurement.
red devil
A capsule of secobarbital sodium, especially when used as a recreational drug.
Red Dragon Book
The first edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (1986), a notable textbook about compiler construction.
red lead
Tomato ketchup.
Red Liner
An officer of the Society for the Suppression of Mendicity.
red pill
Something that causes someone to believe in gynocentrism in modern society.
red rag
A person's tongue.
red rag to a bull
Something that will enrage another particular person.
red rocket
Any of the red-painted electrical streetcars and subway trams operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Canada, especially the classic models used during the early and mid-20th century.
Red Roof Inn
One of the outhouses with a red metal roof that have been built across Philmont Scout Ranch.
Red Sea
(A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation.
red under the bed
An insidious communist presence; a communist who has infiltrated capitalist society.
red up
To become or make (something) red in color.
red wings
An instance of a male getting menstrual fluid on his face while performing cunnilingus.
red-assed
Very angry; furious.
redback
the yuan (CNY), the currency of the People's Republic of China (Red Chinese money)
redbird
A capsule of secobarbital.
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