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rips off

rips off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rip off.

Meaning of rip off

Verb

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

  1. (literally) To pull off by ripping.
  2. (slang, transitive) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
    • I can't believe how the car dealerships try to rip off their customers.
  3. (slang, transitive) To steal.
    • Rechy's The Sexual Outlaw had been a formative book for me, ever since I ripped it off from a hometown bookstore in my early teens (what was I supposed to do, interact with a clerk?)1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 16
  4. (slang, transitive) To copy, especially illegally.
    • They ripped off the whole idea from their competitors.

Questions about rips off

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

Words near rips off in the dictionary

  1. rips apart
  2. rips ass
  3. rips down
  4. rips into
  5. rips it up
  6. rips off
  7. rips off the band-aid
  8. rips on
  9. rips one
  10. rips out
  11. rips someone a new asshole

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