to rip off
80
4.5
- phrasal verb
- /rɪp ɔf/
:
arrancar
- In the yard was a tangle of aluminum siding that had been ripped off the house.
- rip off clothes
- rip off a shirt
- rip off pants
You know, the other day I I ripped off a skin tag.
- You know, the other day I I ripped off a skin tag.
- He pulls it out of the water, cuts it open and then rips off its stomach.
- I'm just going to keep going and just RIP the plaster off.
- You know, it was I, but I feel like I wouldn't have ever, you know, ripped that Band-Aid off if I wasn't forced to.
- And you see them, you know, kind of getting outside of the grasp of the the the kids that are trying to RIP their chains off their neck or their cell phones.
- Baxian attacked him, ripped him off of the woman, and you know they got in this huge fistfight.
Examples
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As soon as the airlock door opened, I ripped off my mask and breathed the fresh outside air.
Fiction book (2001) -
Kirk rushes in and rips off one of the large wall panels.
Fiction book (1994) -
This white cloth used to be the full front of it, but I ripped it off over time.
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Suppose I were to RIP off that patch of membrane from the cell.
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Then they violently ripped off my clothes and threw me into the sea.
Academic text (2009) -
Then, with desperate speed, she ripped off her ugly old things and yanked on the yellow.
Fiction book (1990) -
If you don't want us to have these tassels up, you are free to RIP them off right now.
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Natives grab the pop tops with their teeth and rip them off, smiling.
Fiction book (1990) -
People crouched atop their own houses and ripped off shingles, whole sheets at a time.
Fiction book (1999) -
He ripped off the old wallpaper to update the look of the room.
Synonyms
646
1.7
To tear quickly and forcefully
196
4.1
To pull something suddenly and hard
77
3.5
To pull something out quickly with the fingers
68
4.4
To pull something out quickly and with force, often to remove it completely
48
5.1
Take away someone's possessions, rights, or honours
45
3.4
To remove something by cutting, often with a sharp blow
41
2.7
To take something off from where it is attached
24
4.8
To pull something out with force
12
3.0
To pull something off quickly until it rips
9
4.3
Pull things away one at a time
9
3.5
To break a piece from something with a quick, sharp movement
9
3.9
To come away in strips because of age or damage
9
4.6
To cut a part from something with one quick move
6
4.5
To pull something off quickly with force
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'rip' (to tear) and 'off' (remove) yield a clear image of forceful removal, which relates metaphorically to taking someone's money or value. However, the specific commercial/deceptive sense 'to cheat or overcharge' is an extended, idiomatic use that is not fully predictable from the literal parts, so learners who know the words may only partly infer the meaning without prior exposure.
Etymology
Rip off shows a quick, violent tear: imagine you rip the paper off a present or a sticker, pulling it away fast. So it means 'to remove something by pulling or tearing'.