to rip your face off

1 9.9

To threaten to hurt someone very badly

idiom

Offensive

: arrancar la cara (a alguien)

If you touch my phone again, I'll rip your face off.

Examples

She threatened to rip his face off if he didn't apologize.
He was so angry, I thought he was going to rip your face off.
Don't rip your face off!
If you touch my stuff again, I'll rip your face off.
If you keep talking to her that way, she might just rip your face off.
Don't make her angry; she threatened to rip your face off!
He warned his opponent, 'If you push me, I will rip your face off!'

Synonyms

to knock off

vsto rip your face off

NSFW

19 9.9

Kill someone as part of a crime

serves as an angry warning of harm rather than an action of murder

to rip someone's head off

vsto rip your face off

Offensive

1 8.5

Shout at someone in a very angry way and threaten them

is a literal severe harm threat used to warn or demand compliance

to break someone's face

vsto rip your face off

Offensive

9.9

Threaten to hit a person's face and hurt them

is a harsher angry warning rather than an explicit attack threat

Antonyms

to forgive

∞ 1.4

To stop feeling angry at someone or yourself for a mistake

to reconcile

38 5.1

To become friendly again after a disagreement

How Threatening

to rip your face off

Offensive

1 9.9

to threaten

987 3.3

to menace

19 4.6

to warn

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

rip your face off infinitive

ripped your face off past

ripped your face off past participle

ripping your face off present participle

rips your face off third person singular

Morphology

rip + your + face + off

The meaning (a threat to severely harm someone by tearing their face off) is directly and literally compositional from 'rip' + 'your' + 'face' + 'off' — the action of tearing the face off. Although often used hyperbolically as a threat, the relation between the constituents and the overall meaning is predictable for a learner who knows the words.

Etymology

Rip your face off paints a violent picture: rip (tear), face and off (remove) make you imagine someone tearing a face away. People use this strong image to show extreme anger and to 'threaten' someone, so today it means a very serious warning of harm rather than a real act.