English Phrasal Verb Dictionary

List of English Phrasal Verbs Beginning With 'R'

Race (1)

Race off

- Hurry away, leave somewhere quickly

Rack (3)

Rack off

- Used to tell someone to go away because they're annoying you

Rack out

- Sleep, take a nap

Rack up

- Acquire a lot of something
- Damage

Rain (3)

Rain down on

- Fall in large numbers

Rain off

- Be postponed or stopped by rain (usually passive)

Rain out

- Be postponed or stopped by rain (usually passive)

Rake (5)

Rake in

- Earn, make money easily

Rake it in

- Make a lot of money

Rake off

- Cheat someone by charging them too much

Rake over

- Talk, think, etc, about something negative in the past

Rake up

- Bring something back to people's attention

Ramble (1)

Ramble on

- Talk at length without getting to the point

Ramp (1)

Ramp up

- Increase price, speed or power of something

Rap (1)

Rap out

- Say something firmly and loudly

Rat (3)

Rat on

- Inform authorities about someone's wrongdoings
- Fail to keep a promise

Rat out

- Inform the authorities about someone

Rat through

- Look for something hurriedly

Ratchet (1)

Ratchet up

- Increase

Rattle (1)

Rattle off

- Quote figures rapidly

Reach (3)

Reach out

- Stretch your arm to get something

Reach out for

- Try to achieve something difficult

Reach out to

- Ask for help
- Offer help
- Try to communicate and establish good relations with people

Read (3)

Read off

- Read a list aloud for someone to write down

Read out

- Read aloud rather than silently

Read up on

- Research

Reason (1)

Reason out

- Come to a conclusion or solution after some thought

Reckon (1)

Reckon on

- The minimum expected

Reel (3)

Reel in

- Catch a fish on a line and pull the line to land
- Attract people, especially customers, to get them to do what you want them to

Reel off

- Quote statistics or facts rapidly
- Score a lot of points or win a lot of games one after the other

Reel out

- Unwind

Rein (1)

Rein in

- Control someone or something to stop them causing more trouble

Rent (1)

Rent out

- Let, grant a service or allow usage for a fee

Ride (4)

Ride off

- Go away on a bike, horse, etc

Ride on

- Depend on

Ride out

- Survive a difficult time

Ride up

- Move higher on the body (of clothes)

Ring (7)

Ring back

- Return a phonecall

Ring in

- Telephone to inform or confirm something

Ring off

- Finish a phone conversation

Ring out

- Make a sudden loud sound

Ring round

- Telephone a number of people, usually to try to get some information

Ring up

- Telephone
- Achieve an amount or number
- Enter figures into a till or cash register

Ring with

- When a place is full of a loud sound

Rip (1)

Rip off

- Charge excessively or obtain money unfairly

Roll (8)

Roll back

- Retreat
- Reduce or remove

Roll by

- Pass (time)

Roll in

- Arrive somewhere, especially if late
- Arrive in large numbers, for military vehicles

Roll on

- When something continues to happen

Roll on!

- Said when you can't wait for something nice in the future

Roll out

- Launch or introduce a new product, initiative, etc.

Roll up

- To appear in large numbers for an event

Roll up!

- An imperative used to attract people to a public event

Romp (2)

Romp in

- Win easily

Romp through

- Do something easily or quickly

Room (1)

Room in

- To keep a mother and baby together after the birth

Root (5)

Root about

- Look in a place to try to find something

Root around

- Look in a place to try to find something

Root for

- Support

Root out

- Look for and find
- Find the source of a problem and remove it

Root up

- Dig a plant out of the ground

Rope (3)

Rope in

- Get somebody to help

Rope into

- Get someone to help or become involved, usually when they don't want to

Rope off

- Extend ropes or barriers across or around an area

Rough (1)

Rough up

- Assault

Round (1)

Round off

- Finish something in a satisfactory manner

Row (1)

Row back

- Retreat from a position

Rub (8)

Rub along

- Have a reasonably good relationship

Rub down

- Dry or clean something with a cloth
- Massage or rub someone to help them relax

Rub in

- Apply a substance like cream or ointment and rub it until it is absorbed

Rub it in

- Emphasise how bad a situation is to make someone feel worse

Rub off on

- Pass a quality or characteristic to people

Rub out

- Delete ink or pencil with an eraser
- Kill

Rub up against

- Touch someone in a sensual or sexual way

Rub up on

- Revise

Rule (1)

Rule out

- Exclude a possibility

Run (20)

Run across

- Meet or find accidentally

Run after

- Chase, pursue
- Try to become romantically involved with someone

Run against

- Oppose, make difficulties

Run along

- Go away, leave (often as an imperative)

Run around

- Be very busy doing many things

Run away

- Escape from people chasing you
- Leave home because of problems with other family members or to elope

Run down

- Hit a pedestrian with a vehicle
- Lose energy or power
- Criticise, disparage
- Find the source or origin of something

Run for

- Campaign for a position

Run in

- Arrest, take to police station for questioning
- Drive a new car carefully in order not to damage the engine
- Pay a casual visit
- Insert

Run into

- Cost
- Meet by accident

Run off

- Make photocopies

Run on

- Be powered by

Run out of

- Have none left

Run over

- Explain quickly
- Hit with a vehicle
- Exceed a time limit

Run through

- Practise a dramatic work like a play quickly
- Stab or wound deeply with a knife, sword, etc.

Run to

- Go to someone for help
- Include in things you like
- Have enough money to buy something, often negative

Run up

- Move quickly to where someone is
- Hoist, raise a flag
- Do or make something very quickly
- Spend a lot of money on credit

Run up against

- Encounter problems, often unexpected

Run up on

- Approach someone without their knowing

Run with

- Keep company, normally bad

Rush (4)

Rush away

- Leave a place in a hurry

Rush into

- Do something too quickly

Rush off

- Depart in a hurry

Rush out

- Release or put something on sale quickly

Rustle (1)

Rustle up

- Make something quickly without much preparation