on all cylinders now. My plan is now
running on all cylinders. 2. in. to operate
sensibly and intelligently. Pay attention
to what you are doing. Start running on all
cylinders. She doesn’t run on all cylin-
ders this early in the morning.run one’s rhymestv. to say what you have
to say; to give one’s speech or make one’s
plea. (Collegiate.) Go run your rhymes
with somebody else! I told him to run
his rhymes elsewhere.
run out of gasin. to lose momentum or
interest. His program is running out of
gas. I hope I don’t run out of gas before
I finish what I set out to do.
therunsn. a case of diarrhea. That stuff
we ate gave me the runs. I can’t believe
those cute little hamburgers could give
anybody the runs.
run scaredin. to act panicked. All the
politicians are running scared. Don’t
panic. There is no reason to run scared.
run someone intv. to arrest someone; to
take someone to the police station.
Don’t argue with me, or I’ll run you in. T
The cops ran in everybody in sight.
runtn. a small person; someone whose
growth has been stunted. (Also a rude
term of address.) He can’t play basket-
ball. He’s just a runt. Hey, runt. Come
here!
Run that by (me) again. and Run that by
(me) one more time.sent. Please tell it
to me again. I can’t believe my own
ears. Can you run that by again, please?
It’s noisy in here. Please run that by me one
more time.
Run that by (me) one more time.Go to
Run that by (me) again.
run-upn. a movement upward in the value
of one or more securities. (Securities
markets.) The market’s had a good run-
up in the last week. I’m afraid that if it
has a run-up to 3,000, it will fall to zero.
rush 1. n. a quick print of a day’s shooting
of a film. (Film-making. Usually plural.)
After today’s shooting, we’ll watch yes-
terday’s rushes. Rush these rushes right
over to Mr. Hitchcock’s office. 2. n. a pe-
riod of time when fraternities and soror-
ities are permitted to pursue new mem-
bers. (Collegiate.) When does rush start
this year? I’ve got to be at school in time
for rush. 3. tv. [for a fraternity or soror-
ity member] to try to persuade someone
to join. The frat tried to rush me, but
I’m too busy. They can’t rush anyone ex-
cept during rush week. 4. tv. to court or
date someone, usually a woman. (From
sense 3.) Tom’s trying to rush Betty, but
she’s not interested. He spent some time
trying to rush her, but had to give up. 5. n.
a burst of energy or good feeling from a
drug; the explosive euphoria of some
kinds of drugs. (Drugs.) Man, this stuff
really gives me a rush. What kind of
rush does this have? 6. n. any excitement;
any burst of good feeling. (From sense 5.)
I got a real rush from helping out. The
wonderful ending to the movie gave me a
rush.
rust beltn. the industrial north of the U.S.
(Patterned on sun belt.) The economy
in the rust belt is slowing down. The salt
they put on the roads in the winter made
my car all rusty. I guess that’s why they call
this area the rust belt.
rust bucketn. a naval destroyer; any ship.
(Military.) I’m anxious to get off this
old rust bucket. Why don’t I ever get as-
signed to a new ship? It’s always some
crummy rust bucket!
rusty-dustyn. the posterior; the buttocks.
(See also duster.) I fell down right on
my rusty-dusty. I almost kicked him in
the rusty-dusty.
ruth[ruT] 1. n. a women’s restroom. (See
also john.) Where’s the ruth? Point
me toward the ruth! 2. in. to empty one’s
stomach; to vomit. (See also cry ruth;
ralph.) I gotta go ruth! I just can’t
stand to ruth.ruth