let rip
verb1
Informal To unleash, let loose, uncork; to allow (something) to happen or proceed without restraint.
- When she heard the news, she let rip a tirade heard throughout the office.
- Ok, it’s all clear. Let ’er rip.
2 more examples
- He let rip a fart that emptied the elevator at the next floor.
- Now is the time for a bully trip, So shake her up and let her rip!c. 1870, anonymous (lyrics and music), “Mississippi Boat Song”, published by H. De Marsan
2
Usually, With a prepositional phrase To utter or release without restraint.
- Near-synonym: let loose
- She let rip with a tirade everyone heard.
1 more example
- She let rip about Mary’s flirting with Lizzie’s boyfriend.
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Slang To fart.
- I would also urge you never to let rip within 50 metres of your mother-in-law2012, Dougie Brimson, Art of Fart, →ISBN: