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rip up

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rip up
vb (tr, adverb)
1. to tear (paper) into small pieces
2. to annul, cancel, or unilaterally disregard
3. to dig up, dig into, or remove (a surface) they are ripping up the street
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Verb1.rip up - tear into shreds
tease - tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"
rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
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? rip up
vt sepzerreißen; roadaufreißen; floorboardsherausreißen

rip up يمزق roztrhat rive i småstykker aufreißen αποσπώ hacer pedazos repiä palasiksi déchirer rasporiti fare a pezzi 破棄する 잡아 찢다 openbreken rive opp rozerwać rasgar разрывать riva sönder ดึงขึ้นอย่างแรง yırtmak xé rách 撕毁


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"--"Nay, my dear," returned he, "don't rip up old stories.
he would have to rip up more of trees than would keep him in fuel for a twelvemonth?
But the sturdiest offender of your peace and of the neighborhood, if you rip up his claims, is as thin and timid as any, and the peace of society is often kept, because, as children say, one is afraid, and the other dares not.
 
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