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let rip

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let it/her rip (mainly American, informal)
if someone lets a vehicle rip, they make it move very fast. She put her foot on the car's accelerator, and he said, 'OK, let her rip'.
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let rip

1. to suddenly express your emotions without control. This time I was furious and I let rip. He's a very restrained sort of person - you can't imagine him ever really letting rip.
2. to allow gas to escape from your bottom loudly. You can't just let rip when you're in a smart restaurant.
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At home in front of a mostly liberal audience attending the University of Judaism's lecture series, Franken let rip several barbs against Coulter and her characterization of the progress being made in Iraq.
Forget the black ties by Berry, Kate / Los Angeles Business Journal
``It was like Kobe was saying, 'I know Rip, and I will not let Rip outplay me.
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS WOW! BRYANT, HAMILTON REKINDLE PREP RIVALRY ON ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
There's also a chance at the end of the class to let rip with some jazz and African dance.
CAPE TOWN'S by Warren-Brown, Gillian / Dance Magazine
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