rip on (someone or something)
rip on (someone or something)
To mock, ridicule, or deride someone or something in a highly critical manner. He spent the whole meeting ripping on our ideas instead of coming up with anything productive. She ripped on her employer on air, then act surprised when she lost her job as a result.
See also: on, rip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
rip on someone
Sl. to give someone a hard time; to hassle someone. Stop ripping on me! What did I do to you? Tim is ripping on Mary and she is getting really mad.
See also: on, rip
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
rip on
v. Slang
To ridicule someone harshly; tease someone: The older kids ripped on me because my clothes weren't fashionable.
See also: on, rip
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
rip on someone
in. to give someone a hard time; to hassle someone. Fred was ripping on me, and I heard about it.
See also: on, rip, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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- laugh at (someone or something)
- hold (someone or something) up to ridicule
- hold up to ridicule
- ridicule
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- extract the urine (out of someone or something)
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- make sport of (someone or something)
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