- tear off a strip
- tear (someone) off a strip
British, informal, British & Australian, informal
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong.
He tore her off a strip for being late.
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tear off a strip
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tear off a strip — tear (someone) off a strip (or tear a strip off (someone)) Brit informal : to talk angrily to (someone who has done something wrong) His dad tore him off a strip for denting the car. • • • Main Entry: ↑strip tear (someone) off a strip see ↑strip … Useful english dictionary
tear off a piece — vb to have sex (with). A phrase denoting seduction or sexual achievement from the male point of view. The expression is American or Australian in origin and dates from the end of the 19th century. (The use of tear off a strip with this sexual… … Contemporary slang
tear someone off a strip — tear someone off a strip/tear a strip off someone/british informal phrase to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong Thesaurus: to criticize stronglysynonym to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. — tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. informal rebuke someone angrily. → tear … English new terms dictionary
tear someone off a strip — ► tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone) Brit. informal rebuke someone angrily. Main Entry: ↑tear … English terms dictionary
tear somebody off a strip — tear sb ˈoff a strip | tear a ˈstrip off sb idiom (BrE, informal) to speak angrily to sb who has done sth wrong Main entry: ↑tearidiom … Useful english dictionary
tear someone off a strip — tear (someone) off a strip British, informal, British & Australian, informal to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong. He tore her off a strip for being late … New idioms dictionary
off a strip — (informal) To reprimand (someone) ● tear … Useful english dictionary
tear off — Strip, pull off with violence … New dictionary of synonyms
To tear off — Tear Tear (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
