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rip off the bandage

rip off the bandage verb: to deal with a difficult situation by sudden difficult action.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To deal with a difficult situation by sudden difficult action.
    • If I look at just the facts, grit my teeth, and rip off the bandage, I know I'm adult enough to return to Chicago, to my desk, search for an apartment, and buy a car. But it is not what I crave.2021, Savanna Redman, Refuge

Forms of rip off the bandage

third-person singular presentrips off the bandage
present participleripping off the bandage
past participleripped off the bandage
pastripped off the bandage

Questions about rip off the bandage

What does rip off the bandage mean?
Rip off the bandage means to deal with a difficult situation by sudden difficult action.
What part of speech is rip off the bandage?
Rip off the bandage is a verb.
What is the past tense of rip off the bandage?
The past tense of rip off the bandage is ripped off the bandage.

Words near rip off the bandage in the dictionary

  1. RIP in peace
  2. rip into
  3. rip it up
  4. rip off
  5. rip off the band-aid
  6. rip off the bandage
  7. rip offs
  8. rip on
  9. rip one
  10. rip out
  11. rip rap

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