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Rip out   /rɪp aʊt/   Listen
verb
Rip  v. t.  (past & past part. ripped; pres. part. ripping)  
1.
To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; commonly used with up, open, off.
2.
To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing. "He 'll rip the fatal secret from her heart."
3.
To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up. "They ripped up all that had been done from the beginning of the rebellion." "For brethern to debate and rip up their falling out in the ear of a common enemy... is neither wise nor comely."
4.
To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
Ripping chisel (Carp.), a crooked chisel for cleaning out mortises.
Ripping iron. (Shipbuilding) Same as Ravehook.
Ripping saw. (Carp.) See Ripsaw.
To rip out, to rap out, to utter hastily and violently; as, to rip out an oath. (Colloq.) See To rap out, under Rap, v. t.





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"Rip out" Quotes from Famous Books



... should he not? Should he rip out the knife that would cut this knot which circumstances seemed ...
— Sally Bishop - A Romance • E. Temple Thurston
... hunting costume and all the paraphernalia of the chase. It was Sir Jeoffry's finest joke to bid her woman dress her as a boy, and then he would have her brought to the table where he and his fellows were dining together, and she would toss off her little bumper with the best of them, and rip out childish oaths, and sing them, to their delight, songs she had learned from the stable-boys. She cared more for dogs and horses than for finery, and when she was not in the humour to be made a puppet of, neither tirewoman nor devil ...
— A Lady of Quality • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... his face calm, his heart beating like a vibrohammer. "Keep your face straight, Morey. Don't look surprised. They're planning to jump us. We'll rip out the right wall and—" ...
— Islands of Space • John W Campbell


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