rip sth off
— phrasal verb with rip uk/rɪp/us/rɪp/verb -pp-
(REMOVE)
to remove something very quickly and carelessly:
They ripped off their clothes and ran into the sea.
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Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- removable
- remove
- root
- rout
- scratch
- siphon
- syphon
- take sth away
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(STEAL)
slang to steal something:
He rips stuff off from supermarkets to pay for his heroin.
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Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- mug
- relieve
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- shoplifting
- sting
- whip
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