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[right-hand man]{v. phr.} A valued and indispensable assistant. •/The chancellor of the university never goes anywhere without the vice chancellor, his right-hand man, whose judgment he greatly trusts./

[right on]{adj.}, {interj.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. Exclamation of animated approval "Yes," "That’s correct," "You’re telling the truth," "we believe you," etc. •/Orator: And we shall see the promised land! Crowd: Right on!/ 2. Correct; to the point; accurate. •/The reverend’s remark was right on!/

[right out] or [straight out]{adv.} Plainly; in a way that hides nothing; without waiting or keeping back anything. •/When Mother asked who broke the window, Jimmie told her right out that he did it./ •/When Ann entered the beauty contest her little brother told her straight out that she was crazy./

[right side of the tracks] See: THE TRACKS.

[right-wing]{adj.} Being or belonging to a political group which opposes any important change in the way the country is run. •/Some countries with right-wing governments have dictators./ Contrast: LEFT-WING.

[rig out]{v. phr.} To overdecorate; doll up; dress up. •/Ann arrived all rigged out in her newest Parisian summer outfit./

[Riley] See: LIFE OF RILEY.

[ring] See: GIVE A RING, RUN CIRCLES AROUND or RUN RINGS AROUND, THREE-RING CIRCUS, THROW ONE’S HAT IN THE RING.

[ring a bell]{v. phr.} To make you remember something; sound familiar. •/Not even the cat’s meowing seemed to ring a bell with Judy. She still forgot to feed him./ •/When Ann told Jim the name of the new teacher it rang a bell, and Jim said, "I went to school with a James Carson."/

[ring in]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To bring in (someone or something) from the outside dishonestly or without telling; often: hire and introduce under a false name. •/Bob offered to ring him in on the party by pretending he was a cousin from out of town./ •/No wonder their team beat us; they rang in a professional to pitch for them under the name of Dan Smith./ 2. To ring a special clock that records the time you work. •/We have to ring in at the shop before eight o’clock in the morning./

[ringleader]{n. phr.} The chief of an unsavory group; a higher-up. •/The FBI finally caught up with the ringleader of the dope smugglers from South America./

[ring out]{v.} To ring a special clock that records the time you leave work. •/Charles can’t leave early in his new job; he has to ring out./

[ring the changes]{v. phr.} To say or do the same thing in different ways; repeat the same idea in many ways. •/David wanted a new bicycle and he kept ringing the changes on it all day until his parents got angry at him./ •/A smart girl saves money on clothes by learning to ring the changes on a few dresses and clothes./

[ring true]{v. phr.} To have a tone of genuineness; sound convincing. •/I believed his sob story about how he lost his fortune, because somehow it all rang true./