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

reflect 
(be reflected in something)
regard 
(have regard for something;
have regard to something)
register 
(lloyd’s register)
rein 
(hold a rein on something; hold
the reins of something)
relate 
(be related to someone)
religion 
(enter into religion; get reli-
gion; lose one’s religion)
rent (dead rent)
republic 
(black republic, the; czech
republic, the; dominican republic)
republican 
(black republicans)
request 
(in request; on request)
resemblance 
(bear a resemblance to
something; have a resemblance to
something)
resident 
(senior resident)
resort 
(as a last resort; in the last
resort)
respect 
(give one’s respects to someone;
have respect for something; have
respect to something; pay one’s
respects to someone; with all respect
to someone; with respect to some-
one)
rest 
(be at rest; be resting; give some-
thing a rest; lay someone to rest; put
something to rest)
result 
(consequent result; consequential
result)
retreat 
(beat the retreat; go into retreat;
go on retreat)
return 
(point of no return; send some-
thing by return; send something in
return)
reward 
(as a reward for something; in
reward for something; receive a
reward)
ribbon 
(red ribbon)
rich 
(strike it rich)
ride 
(free ride; give someone a ride;
give someone a rough ride; go along
for the ride; go for a ride; one way
ride; take a sleigh ride; take someone
for a ride; take someone for a sleigh
ride)
rifle 
(range of a rifle)
right 
(all right for you; all right with
you; dead right; dead to rights; do
right by someone; get something
right; in one’s own right; in the
right; mr. right; on the right; put
someone right; set something right;
that’s all right; that’s right; within
one’s rights)