rip up

verb

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

Example Sentences

It is also considering ripping up and replanting some of the roughly 14,000 planted acres of vineyards it operates around the world, Davis said.

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However, with the nonchalant dance-funk of “Freedom! ’90” — a pedestal-detonating manifesto on which he announces “I don’t belong to you/And you don’t belong to me” — Michael takes pleasure in ripping up his playbook.

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"Our focus is on economic stability, fiscal responsibility, ripping up needless red tape, tearing out waste from our public services, driving forward reforms, and putting more money in working people's pockets," he added.

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Minutes before, Farage told his team he had wanted to rip up the conference schedule and deliver his main speech early, to react to Angela Rayner resigning as deputy prime minister and other roles.

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A Labour minister has warned Reform UK would "take Britain backwards" if the party ripped up the government's Brexit reset agreement with the European Union.

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