rip out
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[edit]Verb
[edit]rip out (third-person singular simple present rips out, present participle ripping out, simple past and past participle ripped out)
- To remove by ripping
- Synonym: tear out
- 1652, Philoxypes, The History of Philoxypes and Polycrite, as it was Told by, page 36:
- Ah, no, no: it cannot be. I would rather rip out out my heart, then fuffer it any longer to retain so mean, and so unworthy an affection.
- 1814 October 8, “Summary of Politics”, in Cobbett's Political Register, volume 26, number 15, page 455:
- How many loyal men do I hear exclaim: "send the traitor to the gallows! rip out his bowels and throw them in his face! […] "
- To unstitch.
- 1842, Catharine Esther Beecher, Letters to Persons who are Engaged in Domestic Service, page 174:
- Then take this, and first rip out a sleeve, and iron it out, and cut out a newspaper pattern of it.
- 1846, Catharine Esther Beecher, A Treatise on Domestic Economy, for the use of young ladies, page 289:
- The common mode, is, to shake, and brush the articles, and rip out linings and pockets; then to wash them in strong suds, adding a teacupful of ley, using white soap for light cloth;
- 2002, Sew Basic: 34 Essential Skills for Sewing with Confidence, page 69:
- To rip out serger stitches, you'll need to combine the techniques for ripping straight and zigzag stitches.
- To exclaim; to blurt out.
- 1849, Abraham Gesner, The Industrial Resources of Nova Scotia, page 7:
- Well, by and by we heerd the old sarpent rip out like a lion.
- 1856, Harriet Beacher Stowe, Dred, A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp:
- I suppose the clergy wouldn't give me a chance for heaven, because I rip out with an oath every now and then.
- (colloquial, vulgar) To fart
- 2009, Hikia, The Studio:
- “Now while you're grappling with Samantha, this pin will alert you when Samantha is going to rip out a big one. Observe.” Carmen pushed a button on the pin. A recording in her voice warned, “Alert! Alert! Fart is approaching! Alert!”