A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

quiet 
(at quiet; on the quiet)
quit 
(be quit of someone)
quits 
(be quits with someone)
rabbit 
(chase two rabbits; her rabbit
died; kill the rabbit)
race 
(be in the race; boat race; boat
race, the; make the race; rat race; ski
race)
racing 
(rat-racing)
rack 
(on the rack)
rag 
(be dressed in rags; have the rag on;
have the rags on; like a wet rag; lose
one’s rag)
rail 
(get back on the rails; go off the
rails; ride someone on a rail; ride the
rails; third rail)
railway 
(underground railway)
rain 
(come in out of the rain)
raise 
(get a raise; make a raise)
raiser 
(curtain raiser)
raisin 
(seeded raisins; seedless raisins)
range 
(rifle range)
rank 
(pull rank with someone; take
rank of someone; take rank with
someone)
rap 
(take the rap)
rash 
(come out in a rash)
rate 
(third-rate)
rather 
(one had rather)
readiness 
(in readiness)
ready 
(at the ready)
realism 
(social realism; socialist real-
ism)
reason 
(lose all reason; lose one’s rea-
son; with reason; within reason)
receipt 
(in receipt of something; on
receipt of something)
recess 
(in recess; in the recess)
recession 
(in recession)
record 
(have a record of something;
hold a record for something; keep a
record of something)
recorder 
(tape recorder)
red 
(in red; in the red; indian red;
paint a bow-wow red; see red; see
the red light)