rip into

See also: ripinto

English

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Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To verbally attack or criticise.

   The teacher ripped into Johnny when he found out he had plagiarised.

2. (idiomatic, colloquial) To start to eat something.

   Dinner's ready. Rip into it!

Synonyms

• lace into, light into, tear into
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Translations

verbally attack

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 責罵／责骂 (zh) (zémà), 罵／骂 (zh) (mà)

• Finnish: soimata (fi), moittia (fi)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

start to eat something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吃 (zh) (chī)

• Finnish: käydä käsiksi
• Russian: please add this translation if you can