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1Rack and ruin — Rack Rack, n. [See {Wreck}.] A wreck; destruction. [Obs., except in a few phrases.] [1913 Webster] {Rack and ruin}, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq.] {To go to rack}, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq.] All goes to rack. Pepys. [1913 Webster] …
2rack and ruin — If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked …
3rack and ruin — A state of neglect and collapse • • • Main Entry: ↑rack …
4rack and ruin — {n. phr.} Complete decay; condition of decline. * /The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin./ …
5rack and ruin — {n. phr.} Complete decay; condition of decline. * /The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin./ …
6rack\ and\ ruin — n. phr. Complete decay; condition of decline. The entire house had been so neglected that it had gone to rack and ruin …
7rack and ruin — If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
8Rack and ruin — If something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked …
9go to rack and ruin — go to rack/wrack and ruin old fashioned if a building goes to rack and ruin, its condition becomes very bad because no one is taking care of it. She s let that house go to rack and ruin since Clive died …
10go to rack and ruin — 1) to become less successful The country s going to rack and ruin. 2) if a building goes to rack and ruin, the condition of it becomes bad Their tenants had let the property go to rack and ruin …
