rip someone's head off

verb

To castigate someone very angrily.

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Meanings

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

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

  1. idiomaticinformalTo castigate someone very angrily.
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