rip something off Definition

rip¹
verb ripped, ripping

tr & intr
1. To tear or come apart violently or roughly.

Thesaurus: cut, tear, split, lacerate, slash, cleave, shred, rend, separate, claw, rive, rupture.
intr
2. colloq
To rush along or move quickly without restraint.
Example: ripped through the store to find the best sale bargains
3. To saw (wood or timber) along the grain.

noun

1. A violent or rough tear or split.

Thesaurus: tear, hole, slit, rent, gash.
2. An unrestrained rush.
3. A ripsaw.

Derivative: ripped
adj

Torn or rent.

Derivative: ripper

Someone who rips.

A murderer who rips or mutilates the bodies of their victims.

A tool for ripping, especially one attached to a tractor for breaking up hard soil, etc.

(hiefly Austral & NZ)
slang
An excellent or attractive person or thing.

Derivative: ripping

See separate entry.

Derivative: rippingly
adverb

Idiom: let it rip

To let an action, process, etc continue in an unrestrained or reckless way.

Idiom: let rip

To speak, behave, etc violently or unrestrainedly.

To increase suddenly in speed, volume, etc.

Etymology: 15c.

Phrasal Verb: rip someone off

To steal from, exploit, cheat or overcharge them. See also rip-off.

Phrasal Verb: rip something off or out or up

To remove it quickly and violently.
Example: ripped off the sticking plaster
Example: ripped out the page
Example: ripped up the roots of the tree

Phrasal Verb: rip something up

To shred or tear it into pieces.
Example: ripped up his letter