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)

(idiomatic, colloquial) To verbally attack or criticise.
The teacher ripped into Johnny when he found out he had plagiarised.
(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

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