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let it rip
(redirected from let her rip)

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let it rip also let her rip
1. to make a vehicle or machine move very fast He would get up early Sunday mornings, fire up the lawnmower, and let her rip.
Usage notes: the pronoun her is often used to refer to a machine
2. to do something with energy and enthusiasm Hendrix would walk into a recording studio, turn on his amp, and let it rip while the tape recorder rolled.
See also: let, rip


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I know Paul O'Grady's put her to rest - apparently she's in a nunnery somewhere - but I'd let her rip me apart.
As he quartered away, I drew back my bow, settled my pin into the front shoulder and let her rip.
Had nobody the imagination to put Linehan in his alter-ego Mae McFettridge gear and let HER rip at the festival?
 
 
 
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