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rip (someone or something) to pieces

1. Literally, to tear someone or something into several pieces. The dog got ahold of my report and ripped it to pieces! I know there's a stereotype that sharks will rip swimmers to pieces the moment they have the chance, but this is simply not true.
2. To cause great damage, disorder, or ruin to someone or something. Enjoy the tranquility and order of your house now because soon, your kids will start ripping the place to pieces. Sarah's very first opponent in amateur boxing ripped her to pieces, but that's how it goes for most novice fighters.
3. To criticize, upbraid, or condemn someone or something severely or thoroughly. A: "Have you heard anything about this movie we're about to see?" B: "Well, one reviewer ripped it to pieces, but I still think it's going to be great." I hear John's bosses ripped him to pieces at his annual performance review.
See also: piece, rip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

rip someone or something to something

 
1. Lit. to tear someone or something into small pieces, expressed as bits, pieces, shreds, etc. If you fall into that lawn mower, it will rip you to pieces. The lawn mower ripped the newspaper to tiny bits.
2. Fig. to criticize someone or something mercilessly. The critics ripped Gerald to pieces even though the audience just loved his show. They ripped the whole production to pieces.
See also: rip
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • rip (someone or something) to pieces
  • rend
  • rend (something) in (something)
  • to pieces
  • crumble up
  • crumble into
  • crumble into (something)
  • go to pieces
  • blow (someone or something) to pieces
  • shoot to pieces
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RIP to them all and a special mention for the young Villa fanatic, Joseph Murphy.
Tributes
While taking his second step, the defensive lineman must use a backside arm rip to protect the backside leg from a chop block.
Attacking the offensive front with a slanting defensive line. (Football)
The intent of this positioning was to test the capability of the rip to intercept runoff.
Contour ripping: a tillage strategy to improve water infiltration into frozen soil
Indeed, it is his desire to escape this tyranny, if only for a few hours, that brings Rip to a place where he will encounter the gods of the Catskills.
Changing regimes: the case of Rip Van Winkle
A short, square little man with a grizzled beard had called Rip to help carry a keg of liquor.
Rip Van Winkle