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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Homeowners have to rip up their whole bathroom or driveway if something goes wrong with their heated floors, Christian Perry, a Greenwich, Conn.-based real-estate agent, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
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
He had discovered that he could make cards float and he could turn marbles into mice and he could rip up a piece of paper and make it whole again.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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