To rig a purchase
| to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc. |
See also: Rig
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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- To repeat signals
- To report one's self
- To repossess one's self of
- To resolve a nebula
- To respect the person
- to rest on one's laurels
- To rest with
- To return a lead
- To return to one's muttons
- To reverse an engine
- To revert a series
- To rib land
- To ride a hobby
- To ride a portoise
- To ride and tie
- To ride down
- To ride easy
- To ride hard
- To ride out
- To ride post
- To ride roughshod
- To ride shank's mare
- to ride the lightning
- To ride the stang
- To ride to hounds
- To rig a purchase
- To rig a ship
- To rig the capstan
- To rig the market
- To right a vessel
- To right the helm
- To ring a peal
- To ring in
- To ring the bells backward
- To ring the changes on
- To ring the changes upon
- To rip out
- To roll about
- To roll one's r's
- To roll one's self
- To roll the eye
- To rough it
- To round in
- To round to
- To rout out
- To rub along
- To rub down
- To rub off
- To rub out
- To rub up
- To ruffle the feathers of
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- To repossess one's self of
- To resolve a nebula
- To respect the person
- to rest on one's laurels
- to rest on one's laurels
- To rest with
- To return a lead
- To return to one's muttons
- To reverse an engine
- To revert a series
- To rib land
- To ride a hobby
- To ride a portoise
- To ride and tie
- To ride down
- To ride easy
- to ride for a fall
- To ride hard
- to ride hell for leather
- to ride herd on
- to ride off into the sunset
- to ride one's hobbyhorse
- To ride out
- To ride post
- To ride roughshod
- to ride roughshod over
- To ride shank's mare
- to ride the lightning
- To ride the stang
- To ride to hounds
- To rig a purchase
- To rig a ship
- To rig the capstan
- To rig the market
- To right a vessel
- To right the helm
- to rights
- to rights
- to rights
- to rights
- to rights
- to rights
- To ring a peal
- to ring down the curtain
- To ring in
- To ring the bells backward
- to ring the changes
- To ring the changes on
- To ring the changes upon
- To rip out
- to risk life and limb
- to rob Peter to pay Paul
- to rock the boat
- To roll about
- To roll one's r's
- To roll one's self
- To roll the eye
- to roll with the punches
- To rough it
- To round in
- To round to
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