rip into

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rip into

verb rips into · ripping into · ripped into

  1. colloquial, idiomatic To verbally attack or criticise. The teacher ripped into Johnny when he found out he had plagiarised.
  2. colloquial, idiomatic To start to eat something. Dinner's ready. Rip into it!

Similar: lace into, light into, tear into

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Similar: lace into, light into, tear into

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verb verbally attack

中文責罵 /责骂 zémà, 罵 /骂 mà

verb start to eat something

中文吃 chī

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@misc{rip_into_2026,
  title = {rip into},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rip%20into},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}