Definition of rips him a new one

rip a new one

verb - transitive

to verbally attack someone; "rip (one) a new asshole".
My boss really ripped me a new one after I lost the client.

Last edited on Apr 03 2010. Submitted by Robert B. from Wisconsin, USA on Aug 20 1999.

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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
*a dog with two dcks**	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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Other terms relating to 'new':
act brand new	Definitions include: to put on airs.
brand new	Definitions include: different, or fake, or hateful, like they was born yesterday.
brand spanking new	Definitions include: new.
East Jesus, New Jersey	Definitions include: somewhere in the middle of nowhere
FNG	Definitions include: "fucking new guy".
I for one welcome our new 'X' overlords	Definitions include: a comment that usually serves no other purpose above telling listeners (or more often: readers) that the speaker (writer) is in the technological "in group".
in a New York minute	Definitions include: quickly.
new ball game	Definitions include: a new situation.
new black, the	Definitions include: a new popular thing.
new blood	Definitions include: a newcomer.
new hotness, the	Definitions include: a new popular thing.
New Jeru	Definitions include: New Jersey.
new kid on the block	Definitions include: the new person somewhere.
New York minute	Definitions include: a brief amount of time.
NYE	Definitions include: acronym for "New Year's Eve".
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Other terms relating to 'one':
1	Definitions include: "goodbye".
1 Mo' 'gain	Definitions include: Slang for the phrase " Once More, Again". Compare to: 1 more time, Repeat , Replay,or Restart. Example: The studio producer said "Imma need y'all to do that [1 Mo''gain]. Ok 1, 2, 3, GO!!!
516	Definitions include: a "Long Island Ice Tea" (also called a "Long Island Iced Tea") which is a strong alcoholic mixed drink.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
back one out	Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
Bash one's skull in	Definitions include: To beat someone up, inflict head injury
big one	Definitions include: $1,000.
bite the big one	Definitions include: to die or to get killed.
BOGO	Definitions include: "buy one get one" free.
catch the fair one	Definitions include: to fight.
coil one	Definitions include: to defecate.
cold one	Definitions include: a beer.
crack one off	Definitions include: to masturbate.
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Other terms relating to 'rip':
bodice-ripper	Definitions include: romance novel.
full rip	Definitions include: at the limit of being angry.
give a rip	Definitions include: to care; to mind.
let 'er rip	Definitions include: to flatulate
let it rip	Definitions include: to do something enthusiastically.
let one rip	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart"; "pass gas".
off tha rip	Definitions include: really cool
rip	Definitions include: a rip-off.
rip a juicy one	Definitions include: to flatulate.
*rip a new sshole**	Definitions include: to attack, beat up.
*rip ss**	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart"; "pass gas".
rip off	Definitions include: to give someone a bad bargain.
rip on	Definitions include: to make fun of.
rip one	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
ripped	Definitions include: extremely inebriated.
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