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to rip off
[phrase form: rip]
01
to tear or remove something by force
Ditransitive
Grammatical Information
Movement verb
Regular
Separable
Present tense
rip off
3rd person singular
rips off
Past simple
ripped off
Past participle
ripped off
Examples
He accidentally ripped off the button from his shirt while rushing.
02
to take advantage of someone by charging them too much money or selling them a defective product
Transitive: to rip off sb
Slang
Examples
The store ripped off customers by selling counterfeit designer handbags at full price.
03
to steal or make an illegal copy of something
Transitive: to rip off sth
Examples
He tried to rip off the company's confidential data to sell it to a competitor.
