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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

Letter
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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Part of speech
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  • rack your brainsphraseC1To search your memory hard for something.
  • rail againstphraseC1To complain bitterly and at length about something.
  • rain on someone's paradephraseC1To spoil somebody's enjoyment of their moment.
  • rattle offphraseC1To say a long list quickly and without effort.
  • reckless abandonphraseC1Behaviour with no thought for the danger at all.
  • rein inphraseC1To pull a horse up, or to hold something back.
  • reinvent the wheel/ˌɹiːɪnˌvɛnt ðə ˈ(h)wiːl/phraseC1To waste effort making again what already exists.
  • roll upphraseB22 meaningsTo turn something over on itself into a roll.
  • round onphraseC1To turn suddenly and attack somebody with words.
  • round the bendphraseC1Driven mad or completely irrational.
  • rule of thumbphraseC1A rough practical guide that works most of the time.
  • run aground/ˌrʌn əˈɡraʊnd/phraseC1To drive a boat onto the bottom and stick.
  • run downphraseB22 meaningsTo lose power or be gradually reduced.
  • run throughphraseB22 meaningsTo rehearse or review something quickly from beginning to end.