rip into

See also: ripinto

English

Pronunciation

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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
• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

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