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let it rip
Idioms and Phrases
Also, let her rip . Go ahead, proceed unchecked. For example, Once you get the tractor started, let it rip . The use of her in the variant comes from a tradition of referring to vehicles as feminine. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
So, the government just decided to let it rip.
So, in his desperation, Rubio began to let it rip.
With 18 seconds left and USC tied with LSU, quarterback Miller Moss spotted Hudson sprinting down the left sideline, just past his defender, and let it rip.
But where LSU played it conservative with its new quarterback, Moss let it rip early and often.
“I’m going to tell him to go have at it and let it rip,†Harbaugh said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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