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off the rip

off the rip prepositional phrase: from the very beginning; immediately; right away.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) From the very beginning; immediately; right away.
    • It was obvious Toi's new boyfriend had spent a lot of dough decorating her crib, which put me on alert, 'cause it ain't like he lived with her. So, off the rip I'm wondering what his crib looks like 'cause, unless he's the sweetest trick in the Dirty South, I figured he ain't done laced Toi's crib...2009, CASH, Trust No Man: Loyalty To Those Who Are Loyal
    • We've searched high and low for this dude and still can't get at him. And now you think you can come home and find him off the rip?2010, T. Styles, Raunchy, page 287

Examples of off the rip in a sentence

  • So, off the rip I'm wondering what his crib looks like 'cause, unless he's the sweetest trick in the Dirty South, I figured he ain't done laced Toi's crib better than his own.2009, CASH, Trust No Man: Loyalty To Those Who Are Loyal:
  • We should have handled the intrusion off the rip.2018, U-God [Lamont Hawkins], Raw: My Journey Into The Wu-Tang, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 116–117:

Forms of off the rip

alternative formoff rip

Questions about off the rip

What does off the rip mean?
Off the rip means from the very beginning; immediately; right away.
How do you use off the rip in a sentence?
So, off the rip I'm wondering what his crib looks like 'cause, unless he's the sweetest trick in the Dirty South, I figured he ain't done laced Toi's crib better than his own.
What part of speech is off the rip?
Off the rip is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the rip in the dictionary

  1. off the radar
  2. off the radio
  3. off the rails
  4. off the record
  5. off the reservation
  6. off the rip
  7. off the scale
  8. off the shelf
  9. off the shits
  10. off the table
  11. off the tools

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