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rip someone's head off

rip someone's head off verb: to castigate someone very angrily.

Verb

rip someone's head off (third-person singular simple present rips someone's head off, present participle ripping someone's head off, simple past and past participle ripped someone's head off)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To castigate someone very angrily.

Forms of rip someone's head off

third-person singular presentrips someone's head off
present participleripping someone's head off
past participleripped someone's head off
pastripped someone's head off

Questions about rip someone's head off

What does rip someone's head off mean?
Rip someone's head off means to castigate someone very angrily.
What part of speech is rip someone's head off?
Rip someone's head off is a verb.
What is the past tense of rip someone's head off?
The past tense of rip someone's head off is ripped someone's head off.

Words near rip someone's head off in the dictionary

  1. rip sawing
  2. rip sawn
  3. rip saws
  4. rip someone a new asshole
  5. rip someone a new one
  6. rip someone's head off
  7. rip the band-aid off
  8. rip the piss
  9. rip tide
  10. rip tides
  11. rip to shreds

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