rip someone's face off

verb

To castigate someone very angrily.

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Meanings

verbrip someone's face off (third-person singular simple present rips someone's face off, present participle ripping someone's face off, simple past and past participle ripped someone's face off)

present singular third person rips someone's face off · participle present ripping someone's face off · participle past ripped someone's face off · past ripped someone's face off

  1. idiomaticinformalTo castigate someone very angrily.
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