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let rip

let rip verb: to unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint.

Verb

let rip (third-person singular simple present lets rip, present participle letting rip, simple past and past participle let rip)

  1. (informal, transitive) To unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint.
    • When she heard the news, she let rip a tirade heard throughout the office.
    • Ok, it’s all clear. Let ’er rip.
  2. (intransitive, usually) To utter or release without restraint.
    • Near-synonym: let loose
    • She let rip with a tirade everyone heard.
    Synonyms:
    let loose
  3. (intransitive, slang) To fart.
    • I would also urge you never to let rip within 50 metres of your mother-in-law2012, Dougie Brimson, Art of Fart, →ISBN

Examples of let rip in a sentence

  • He let rip a fart that emptied the elevator at the next floor.
  • She let rip about Mary’s flirting with Lizzie’s boyfriend.

Synonyms of let rip

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Forms of let rip

third-person singular presentlets rip
present participleletting rip
past participlelet rip
pastlet rip

Questions about let rip

What does let rip mean?
Let rip means to unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint.
How do you use let rip in a sentence?
He let rip a fart that emptied the elevator at the next floor.
What part of speech is let rip?
Let rip is a verb.
What is the past tense of let rip?
The past tense of let rip is let rip.

Words near let rip in the dictionary

  1. let one's nuts hang
  2. let one's short back and sides down
  3. let oneself go
  4. let out
  5. let past
  6. let rip
  7. let sleeping dogs lie
  8. let slide
  9. let slip
  10. let someone down gently
  11. let someone go

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