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

raise one’s eyes • raise one’s sights
raise one’s eyes —(also: lift up one’s eyes) look upwards: When
the door opened gently, he never raised his eyes — he was only
conscious that someone entered the room.
raise one’s sights —establish higher goals for oneself : She
seemed content as a paralegal, but we thought she should raise
her sights and get a law degree.
rake over old coals • rake someone over the coals
rake over old coals —(UK) try to bring back old problems
that may cause trouble: What’s the point of raking over old
coals? Opening every wound we thought was properly healed.
rake someone over the coals —(U.S.) criticize or scold a person
severely: He was raked over the coals for allowing the club to
become the laughing stock of professional sports.
range of a rifle • rifle range
range of a rifle —the maximum distance to which a rifle can
fire bullets: It’s a powerful weapon but the range of this rifle
is very limited.
rifle range —
1
. a place where one can practice shooting with
a rifle : There was a rifle range nearby and Major Frimley
taught rifle shooting to the girls. 2. = range of a rifle: I told
Richardson to ride on and attract the attention of the deer
away from me while I crept up within rifle range.
rat on someone • rat out on someone
rat on someone —(sl.) report smb.’s wrongful activities to the
police, etc.: Kent is willing to do anything to get out even rat
on his fellow convicts in order to get an early parole.
rat out on someone —(sl.) 
1
. desert or betray smb.; leave a
person at a critical time: He would never rat out on his family
cause underneath it all he loves them. 2. = rat on someone: He
was sentenced to six years but only served eighteen months
because he agreed to rat out on his drug suppliers.