Ride up Holborn Hill (To).

To go to the gallows.

“I shall live to see you ride up Holborn Hill.”—Congreve: Love for Love.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Richard of Cirencester
Richarda
Richborough, Richeboro, or Ratesburgh (a Roman fort in the time of Claudius)
Rick Mould
Rickety Stock
Ricochet [rikko-shay]
Riddle
Riddle of Claret (A)
Ride
Ride for a Fall (To)
Ride up Holborn Hill (To)
Rider
Riderhood (Rogue)
Ridicule (Father of)
Riding [of Yorkshire]
Ridolphus (in Jerusalem Delivered)
Ridotto (Italian)
Rienzi (Nicolò Gabrini)
Rif of Rifie (French)
Riff-raff
Rifle