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ripped along

ripped along is the simple past and past participle of rip along.

Meaning of rip along

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To rush headlong.
    • And so they went ripping along, and everybody just petrified and cold to see it; and when they got to the Capitol at last it was the quickest trip that ever was made, and everybody said so.1894, Mark Twain, chapter 1, in Tom Sawyer Abroad
    Synonyms:
    tear along

Questions about ripped along

What is ripped along the simple past and past participle of?
Ripped along is the simple past and past participle of rip along.

Words near ripped along in the dictionary

  1. rippable
  2. rippchen
  3. ripped
  4. ripped a page out of someone's book
  5. ripped a page out of someone's playbook
  6. ripped along
  7. ripped apart
  8. ripped ass
  9. ripped down
  10. ripped into
  11. ripped it up

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