Idiom
rip someone's face off
Meaning
To castigate someone very angrily.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My boss will rip my face off if I miss this deadline.”
“When I accidentally deleted the client's files, I knew my manager would rip my face off.”
“The director was so furious about the budget deficit that he threatened to rip the accountant's face off during the board meeting.”
Examples
simple
“My boss will rip my face off if I miss this deadline.”
contextual
“When I accidentally deleted the client's files, I knew my manager would rip my face off.”
complex
“The director was so furious about the budget deficit that he threatened to rip the accountant's face off during the board meeting.”
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