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to rip your face off

to rip your face off

1 9.9
To threaten to hurt someone very badly
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : 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.