- raining cats and dogs: cliché (avoid)
- raise the roof: cliché (avoid)
- RAM memory: delete memory to prevent RAM (random-access memory) memory (redundancy)
- rare breed[for unique individual]: cliché (avoid)
- rash: not skin (redundancy)
- rattle your cage: cliché (avoid)
- ravishing beauty: cliché (avoid)
- read the riot act: cliché (avoid)
- read between the lines: cliché (avoid)
- ready and willing: cliché (avoid)
- recall: not recall back (redundancy) [I recall when we were young. Not: I recall back to when we were young.]
- recoil: not recoil back (redundancy) [Snake sightings cause many people to recoil. Not: Snake sightings cause many people to recoil back.]
- record: not new record (redundancy) [The sprinter set a record. Not: The sprinter set a new record.]
- recruits: not <>new recruits (redundancy) [The recruits were green. Not: The new recruits were green.]
- red-carpet treatment: cliché (avoid)
- red-letter day: cliché (avoid)
- reduced to rubble: cliché (avoid)
- redundancy: use of more words than necessary for meaning
- regrettable incident: cliché (avoid)
- regular routine: delete regular (redundancy) [She followed her routine. Not: She followed her regular routine.]
- reigns supreme: cliché (avoid)
- reins: taking the reins: cliché (avoid)
- re-inventing the wheel: cliché (avoid)
- reliable source: cliché (avoid)
- remain: not retain position as (wordiness) [She will remain as president. Not: She will retain her position as president.]
- remand: not remand back (redundancy)[The company will remand overpayments. Not: The company will remand back overpayments.]
- remedy the situation: cliché (avoid)
- render assistance to, change to: help (wordiness) [We will help the group. Not: We will render assistance to the group.]
- represent: Only correct in the sense of to symbolize or to characterize: If "is" fits, use it instead
- reprieve: not temporary reprieve (redundancy) [The death row inmate was granted a reprieve. Not: The death row inmate was granted a temporary reprieve.]
- requisite: not necessary requisite (redundancy) [The requisites in earning a PhD include specialized scholarship. Not: The necessary requisites in earning a PhD include specialized scholarship.]
- reservation: not advance reservation (redundancy) [The reservation has been placed. Not: The advance reservation has been placed.]
- resting on one's laurels: cliché (avoid)
- result: not end result (redundancy) [The result was good. Not: The end result was good.]
- retain position as, change to: remain (wordiness) [He will remain as chair. Not: He will retain the position as chair.]
- return: not return back (redundancy) [Please return the key. Not: Please return back the key.]
- reversal: not total reversal (redundancy) [The Civil Rights Bill heralded a reversal in national behavior. Not: The Civil Rights Bill heralded a total reversal.]
- revert: not revert back (redundancy) [When the sunset provision lapses, the situation will revert to previous provisions. Not: When the sunset provision lapses, the situation will revert back to previous provisions.]
- rhyme or reason: cliché (avoid)
- right on the money: cliché (avoid)
- ring of truth: cliché (avoid)
- rings a bell: cliché (avoid)
- riot of color: cliché (avoid)
- riot-torn: cliché (avoid)
- ripped from the headlines: cliché (avoid)
- robbery gone bad: cliché (avoid)
- rock bottom: cliché (avoid)
- roll with the punches: cliché (avoid)
- root cause: delete root (redundancy) [A broken levee was the cause of the flooding. Not: A broken levee was the root cause of the flooding.]
- rough estimate: delete rough (redundancy) [The data indicated that an estimate was not possible. Not: The data indicted than a rough estimate was not possible.]
- round of applause: cliché (avoid)
- rough: not rough in texture (redundancy)
- ruin: not complete ruin (redundancy) [The bombing left the houses as ruins. Not: The bombing left the houses as complete ruins.]
- rule of thumb: cliché (avoid)
- run it into the ground: cliché (avoid)
- run of the mill: cliché (avoid)
- running scared: cliché (avoid)
- running a risk: cliché (avoid)
- running battle: cliché (avoid)
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