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[rake in]{v. phr.} To realize great profits; take in money. •/Because of the heavy snowfall, ski lodge operators in the Rocky Mountains have been raking in the dough this winter season./

[rake off]{v. phr.} To illegally expropriate part of a sum paid. •/The secretary-treasurer of the association has been caught raking off some of the membership dues./

[rake-off] See: KICKBACK.

[rake over the coals] See: HAUL OVER THE COALS.

[rake up]{v. phr.} To expose; gather; bring to light. •/Let’s forget about the past; there’s no need to rake up all those old memories./

[ramble on about]{v. phr.} To chatter on idly and without a purpose. •/When Ted has too much to drink, he always rambles on about the good old days./

[ram down one’s throat] See: SHOVE DOWN ONE’S THROAT.

[random] See: AT RANDOM.

[rank] See: CLOSE RANKS, PULL RANK.

[rank and file]{n. phr.} Ordinary people; the regular membership of an organization; the enlisted privates in the Army. •/The general usually inspects the rank and file on specific national holidays./ •/The secretary of the association sends letters annually to the rank and file./

[rap] See: TAKE THE RAP.

[rap one’s knuckles]{v. phr.} To scold or punish. •/The principal rapped our knuckles for cheating on the test./ •/If you talk back to Dad, you’ll get your knuckles rapped./ •/The club got its knuckles rapped by the principal for hazing new members./ •/Why rap my knuckles? It wasn’t my fault./ Compare: DRESSING DOWN, GIVE IT TO(2).

[rat] See: SMELL A RAT.

[rate] See: AT ANY RATE, FIRST RATE.

[rather] See: HAD RATHER.

[rat on] See: BLOW THE WHISTLE, RAT OUT.

[rat out] or [rat out on]{v. phr.}, {slang} To desert; to leave at a critical time. •/Joe ratted out on Sue when she was seven months pregnant./

[rat race]{n.}, {slang} A very confusing, crowded, or disorderly rush; a confusing scramble, struggle, or way of living that does not seem to have a purpose. •/The dance last night was a rat race. It was too noisy and crowded./ •/School can be a rat race if you don’t keep up with your studies./ •/This job is a rat race. The faster you work, the faster the boss wants you to work./

[rate with someone]{v. phr.} To be esteemed highly by another. •/The professor really rates with both the graduate students and the undergraduates./

[rattle] See: SABRE RAITLING.

[rattle off] or [reel off]{v.} To say quickly without having to stop to think; recite easily and rapidly. •/When Roger was seven he could rattle off the names of all the states in alphabetical order./ •/Joan memorized the "Gettysburg Address" so well that she could reel it off./ •/We asked the waitress what flavors of ice cream she had, and she rattled them off./

[rattle one’s saber]{v. phr.} To threaten another government or country without subsequent acts of war. •/It is considered an act of demagoguery on the part of politicians to rattle their sabers./ Compare: YELLOW JOURNALISM.

[rave about]{v. phr.} To talk very enthusiastically about someone or something. •/Hank praised the new TV show very highly but we didn’t think it was anything to rave about./

[raw] See: IN THE RAW.

[raw deal]{n. phr.} Unfair treatment; inequity. •/Barry got a raw deal when he was sent to teach the class on advanced nuclear physics; he’s an inexperienced graduate student./

[razzle-dazzle]{n.}, {slang} Fancy display; showing off. •/He is such a good player that he doesn’t have to add razzle-dazzle to his game./ •/Do we need all this razzle-dazzle to advertise our fair?/

[reach] See: BOARDING HOUSE REACH.

[reach first base] See: GET TO FIRST BASE.

[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 one’s aims high. •/"Why medical technician?" asked her father. "Reach for the sky! Become a physician!"/

[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 wording, leaving his audience to read between the lines./

[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."/