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rip to shreds

idiom

To criticize severely; to refute.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    give a rip

    To care.

  2. 02

    rip into

    To verbally attack or criticise.

  3. 03

    rip it up

    To perform spectacularly.

  4. 04

    rip off the band-aid

    To perform a painful or unpleasant, but necessary, action quickly so as to minimize the pain or fear associated with it.

  5. 05

    rip off the bandage

    To deal with a difficult situation by sudden difficult action.

  6. 06

    rip someone's face off

    To castigate someone very angrily.

  7. 07

    rip someone's head off

    To castigate someone very angrily.

  8. 08

    tear to shreds

    Synonym of tear to pieces.

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