rip up
Britishverb
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to tear (paper) into small pieces
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to annul, cancel, or unilaterally disregard
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to dig up, dig into, or remove (a surface)
they are ripping up the street
Example Sentences
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He was going to rip up the Wolverines’ roster and start from scratch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The U.S. government has warned it will rip up its agreements with Anthropic if the AI startup fails to reach a deal with the Pentagon, according to the Financial Times.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
All season long there's been questions asked of them and their capacity to keep going, to keep threatening to rip up the established order of things in Scotland.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
I got to rip up the chunky gravel Richard Martin trail through Elkmont, where locals served us chicken stew and banana pudding.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025
“We will not rip up this floor till we have had a good search,” announced Mr. Little.
From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
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