If your kids lie to you, you feel emotionally ripped off.
She offers advice on how you can keep restaurants from ripping you off.
He admitted he had ripped off a drug smuggler and blown up his boat.
I have a great idea for a book, but I don't want the publisher to rip me off.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
rip someone off — informal cheat someone, especially financially. → rip … English new terms dictionary
rip someone off — tv. to assault, kill, beat, rob, rape, or cheat someone. □ They ripped me off, but they didn’t hurt me. □ Man, they ripped me off for three hundred dollars … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
rip someone off — informal cheat someone, esp. financially … Useful english dictionary
rip sb off — UK US rip sb off Phrasal Verb with rip({{}}/rɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) INFORMAL ► COMMERCE to make someone pay more for something than it is worth: »Large organizations don t tend to rip people off. »The consumer is definitely being ripped off with… … Financial and business terms
ˌrip sb ˈoff — phrasal verb informal to cheat someone by charging them too much money for something … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
rip off — verb deprive somebody of something by deceit The con man beat me out of $50 This salesman ripped us off! we were cheated by their clever sounding scheme They chiseled me out of my money • Syn: ↑cheat, ↑chisel • … Useful english dictionary
rip — rip1 verb (rips, ripping, ripped) 1》 tear or pull forcibly away from something or someone. ↘tear. ↘(rip something up) tear something into small pieces. 2》 move forcefully and rapidly. 3》 (rip into) informal make a vehement verbal attack… … English new terms dictionary
rip — [rɪp] verb ripped PTandPPX ripping PRESPARTX rip somebody → off phrasal verb [transitive] informal to charge someone too much money for something, or sell someone a product that is faulty: • We all hate being ripped off. * * … Financial and business terms
rip — Ⅰ. rip [1] ► VERB (ripped, ripping) 1) tear or pull forcibly away from something or someone. 2) tear. 3) move forcefully and rapidly. 4) (rip off) informal cheat (someone), especially financially … English terms dictionary
rip — rip1 [ rıp ] verb ** 1. ) transitive to tear something quickly and with a lot of force: Jodie ripped the letter open. Stop pulling my shirt you ll rip it. rip something to shreds (=destroy something completely by tearing it): Her skirt was ripped … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
