See let rip on Wiktionary
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{
"form": "lets rip",
"tags": [
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},
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"participle",
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},
{
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"_dis": "71 12 17",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
"text": "When she heard the news, she let rip a tirade heard throughout the office.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Ok, it’s all clear. Let ’er rip.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "He let rip a fart that emptied the elevator at the next floor.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1870, anonymous (lyrics and music), “Mississippi Boat Song”, published by H. De Marsan",
"text": "Now is the time for a bully trip,\nSo shake her up and let her rip!",
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}
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"To unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint."
],
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[
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],
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"allow",
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[
"happen",
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],
[
"proceed",
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"restraint",
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"(transitive, informal) To unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint."
],
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"_dis1": "91 2 7",
"word": "open the floodgates"
}
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{
"text": "She let rip with a tirade everyone heard.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She let rip about Mary’s flirting with Lizzie’s boyfriend.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To utter or release without restraint."
],
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"release",
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"(intransitive, usually with a prepositional phrase) To utter or release without restraint."
],
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{
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{
"ref": "2012, Dougie Brimson, Art of Fart, →ISBN:",
"text": "I would also urge you never to let rip within 50 metres of your mother-in-law",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fart."
],
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],
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"(intransitive, slang) To fart."
],
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}
],
"word": "let rip"
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"text": "When she heard the news, she let rip a tirade heard throughout the office.",
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},
{
"text": "Ok, it’s all clear. Let ’er rip.",
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},
{
"text": "He let rip a fart that emptied the elevator at the next floor.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "c. 1870, anonymous (lyrics and music), “Mississippi Boat Song”, published by H. De Marsan",
"text": "Now is the time for a bully trip,\nSo shake her up and let her rip!",
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}
],
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"To unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint."
],
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"unleash",
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],
[
"let loose",
"let loose"
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[
"uncork",
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[
"allow",
"allow"
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[
"happen",
"happen"
],
[
"proceed",
"proceed"
],
[
"restraint",
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],
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"(transitive, informal) To unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint."
],
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"text": "She let rip with a tirade everyone heard.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She let rip about Mary’s flirting with Lizzie’s boyfriend.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To utter or release without restraint."
],
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"utter",
"utter"
],
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"release",
"release"
],
[
"restraint",
"restraint"
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"(intransitive, usually with a prepositional phrase) To utter or release without restraint."
],
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"with a prepositional phrase"
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"usually"
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"ref": "2012, Dougie Brimson, Art of Fart, →ISBN:",
"text": "I would also urge you never to let rip within 50 metres of your mother-in-law",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fart."
],
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"fart",
"fart"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, slang) To fart."
],
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}
],
"word": "let rip"
}
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