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rip into

rip into verb: to verbally attack or criticise.

Verb

rip into (third-person singular simple present rips into, present participle ripping into, simple past and past participle ripped into)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To verbally attack or criticise.
    • The teacher ripped into Johnny when he found out he had plagiarised.
  2. (colloquial, idiomatic) To start to eat something.
    • Dinner's ready. Rip into it!

Synonyms of rip into

Forms of rip into

third-person singular presentrips into
present participleripping into
past participleripped into
pastripped into

Questions about rip into

What does rip into mean?
Rip into means to verbally attack or criticise.
What part of speech is rip into?
Rip into is a verb.
What is the past tense of rip into?
The past tense of rip into is ripped into.

Words near rip into in the dictionary

  1. rip entries
  2. rip entry
  3. rip fence
  4. rip fences
  5. RIP in peace
  6. rip into
  7. rip it up
  8. rip off
  9. rip off the band-aid
  10. rip off the bandage
  11. rip offs

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