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rips along

rips along is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 rips along

What is rips along the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rips along is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rip along.

Words near rips along in the dictionary

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

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