right back »
Used in several informal constructions to indicate return -- especially imminent return to a point of origin.
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ring out »
To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.
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root up »
To dig or pull up by the roots; to deracinate.
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rub out »
delete, erase
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rule of thumb »
A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.
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rules OK »
To be popularly accepted, or supported by the general majority of people.
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rumor campaign »
A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.
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run off »
To operate by a particular energy source.
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run on »
To operate with a particular energy source.
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run on fumes »
By extension, to operate with few resources or little money.
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run on fumes »
To operate a vehicle that is low on fuel.
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run roughshod over »
To treat roughly or without care, respect, or moderation; to act without control; to damage.
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see the forest for the trees »
To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the bigger picture, or the broader, more general situation. Generally used in the negative.
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send up »
To make prices or temperatures etc. rise.
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set one's cap at »
. Or, more generally, to choose something as a goal.
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