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quick bucka large sum of money earned easily and quicklyRate it:

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quick draw mcgrawa person who is fast with a gun to draw the triggerRate it:

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quick off the markfast to act or react.Rate it:

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quick on the drawCharacterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act.Rate it:

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Quick on the DrawReady to respond on something in an efficient manner, faster or quicker in something, efficient to acquire some infoRate it:

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quick on the uptakeAble to readily understand things; intelligent.Rate it:

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quick sandThe kind of sand that when you step in it, you sink. The more you move, the faster you sink. It can be deadly.Rate it:

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quick-and-dirtyOf or pertaining to the creation or repair of software or hardware in a manner which permits operation within a brief period of time, although with compromised functionality or reliability.Rate it:

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quick-and-dirtyDone or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.Rate it:

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quick-fireHaving one thing coming rapidly after another.Rate it:

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quiet downTo make someone or something become quieter.Rate it:

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quieten downTo make someone or something become quieter.Rate it:

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raise cain'Raise Cain'; Whine, Mope, Beg, 'Tear-UP', Act-Out, Make Trouble, Bitch, Bellyache, 'Carry-ON!'Rate it:

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raise somebody's hacklesMake someone angry.Rate it:

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raise the roofTo cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise.2008 Oct. 15, Leslie Ferenc, "Voters opt for stability of Guarnieri" in the Toronto Star (Canada)Jubilant Liberal supporters raised the roof of a Mississauga restaurant after incumbent Albina Guarnieri was swept back into office for her seventh term.Rate it:

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rake it inTo make a lot of money.Rate it:

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rationem alicuius rei inire, subducereto go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing.Rate it:

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razor-sharpVery clever or quick-witted.Rate it:

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reach outTo make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.Rate it:

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real jobA job which requires the employee to, work regular hours for a consistent wage that often exceeds the provisions of applicable minimum wage legislation. A job that produces a living wage.Rate it:

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reality checkA check or review to make sure something is consistent, reasonable, etc.Rate it:

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redeem oneselfto resolve, or make up for, one's previous folly.Rate it:

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reinvent the wheelTo redo work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily; to rethink an already working system, technique, etc. in a pointless attempt to improve it.Rate it:

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rendre un homme camusTo stop a man’s mouth; To make a man look small.Rate it:

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res (ita) fertcircumstances make this necessary; the exigencies of the case are these.Rate it:

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res reddere (alicui) (cf. sect. V. 11)to make restitution.Rate it:

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ride herd onTo supervise a group of people, such as workers, and/or their actions, i.e. their work.Rate it:

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right to workUsed other than as an idiom: see right, work.Rate it:

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right to workThe prohibition of union security agreements or closed shops; the prohibition of the requirement that those who take on work in a unionised shop join the union or pay it for representing them.Rate it:

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right to workThe human right (the right of an individual) to have gainful employment.Rate it:

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ring backTo make another phone call to the same person.Rate it:

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ring inTo make a phone call to one's usual place of work.Rate it:

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ring outTo make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.Rate it:

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rise from the ashesTo make a comeback after a long hiatus. To come back into common use or practice. To come back into popularity. To come back to being a thing of today.Rate it:

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risk is what fuels innovationRisk taking leads to new ideas and fosters innovation in people. Those who are not afraid of failure will make a difference in society.Rate it:

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risum elicere (more strongly excutere) alicuito make a person laugh.Rate it:

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roadwarriorA person who carries a mobile device such as a laptop or PDA and uses wireless internet connections to work.Rate it:

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Rock the BoatTo destabilize something or make a situation problematic; creating disturbance or to spoil a planRate it:

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rock upTo work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement.Rate it:

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roll overTo make a rolling motion or turn.Rate it:

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roll up one's sleevesTo prepare to work.Rate it:

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rough upTo make rough, to roughen.Rate it:

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roughen upto make something rough or rougherRate it:

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round offTo change the shape of an object to make it more circular.Rate it:

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round outTo make more complete by adding details.Rate it:

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rub inTo irritatingly make a point.Rate it:

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rub salt in someone's woundsTo make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).Rate it:

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rub salt in the woundTo make an injury feel worse.Rate it:

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rubber stampTo make officialRate it:

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rule onTo make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter.Rate it:

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