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rip up

verb

  1. to tear (paper) into small pieces

  2. to annul, cancel, or unilaterally disregard

  3. to dig up, dig into, or remove (a surface)

    they are ripping up the street

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump's unpredictable White House have ripped up the rules on European security.

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While McIlroy waited 11 years for his Green Jacket, Spieth ripped up the Masters from the moment he arrived at Augusta.

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As Trump said, one guy tried to escape many years ago, and “they found his clothing, rather badly ripped up. It was a lot of shark bites, lot of problems.”

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She called for the government to "rip up" its fiscal rules in order to deliver an "economic reset" that "takes the fight" to Nigel Farage's Reform UK.

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For months, thieves have preyed on vulnerable homes in the abandoned community — ripping up copper pipes, smashing windows and doors, and stealing appliances, jewelry, power tools, instruments and even an Emmy award.

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