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road gang
A group of men who work at road construction.
Football players often work with road gangs during summer vacations.
road hog
A car driver who takes more than his share of the road.
A road hog forced John's car into the ditch.
road show
A theatrical play that is performed for a few days in one town and then moves to other towns.
The road show is often not as good as the original play on Broadway.
Many actors get their start in road shows.
road sign
A sign on which there is information about a road or places; a sign with directions to drivers.
The road sign read, "25 MPH LIMIT" but Jack drove along at fifty miles an hour.
The road sign said Westwood was four miles away.
road test
A test to see if you can drive a car.
Jim took the road test and got his driver's license last week.
A test to see if a car works all right on the road.
After he repaired the car, the mechanic gave it a road test.
Most new cars are given road tests before they are put on the market.
roasting ear
An ear of corn young and tender enough to be cooked and eaten; also corn cooked on the cob.
At the Fourth of July picnic we had fried chicken and roasting ears.
The scouts buried the roasting ears in the coals of their campfire.
rob Peter to pay Paul
To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another.
Bill owed Sam a dollar, so he borrowed another from Joe to pay Sam back. He robbed Peter to pay Paul.
Trying to study a lesson for one class during another class is like robbing Peter to pay Paul.
rob the cradle
cradle robber
cradle robbing
cradle-robber
cradle-robbing
To have dates with or marry a person much younger than yourself.
Bob is seventeen and I just saw him with a girl about twelve years old. Has he started cradle-robbing? No, that girl was his sister, not his date!
The judge died when he was seventy. He was a real cradle-robber because he left a thirty-year-old widow.
When the old woman married a young man, everyone said she was robbing the cradle.