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Phrase(s): rip something up
to take something up by force and remove it. (Usually refers to something on the floor or ground, such as carpeting or pavement.) • They are going to rip all the broken sidewalk up. • The workers ripped up the pavement and loaded the pieces into a truck., Phrase(s): rip someone or something up
to tear someone or something into bits; to mutilate someone or something. • Careful! That machine will rip you up if you fall in. • I ripped up the contract and threw the pieces in the trash.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs