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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Even in some of the best-known regions such as Bordeaux, low-end producers are ripping up vines to plant other crops, including olives.
From Barron's
Nancy's laidback arrival - spending just 15 minutes talking with Martin O'Neill before ripping up everything O'Neill had done to stabilise things - was in stark contrast to the unceremonious manner of his exit.
From BBC
Nancy ripped up the 4-3-3 formation used by O'Neill in favour of his own 3-4-3 system and accepts his team have fallen below the level he would like from them.
From BBC
The costs and environmental damage of ripping up the seabed are expected to be high.
One minister worries that government is not willing to be radical enough, telling me, "We don't look like we are interested in ripping up the system that doesn't work for young people".
From BBC
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