rip up

phrasal verb

ripped up; ripping up; rips up

: to completely destroy (something) by tearing it into pieces

He ripped up the check.

She ripped the letter up into tiny pieces.

Examples of rip up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After taking it down to the bones, including ripping up the linoleum, Caroline outfitted the kitchen with wood flooring, bespoke cabinetry, and paneled appliances. —Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025

Miller, the Phils’ top prospect outside of Andrew Painter, got elevated to triple-A Lehigh Valley Sunday, after ripping up double-A pitching for past couple months. —Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

The Rose Garden renovation, which involved ripping up sod and replacing it with a stone, had been going on all summer. —Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025

The teenager ripped up the record books on Monday night by becoming the club’s youngest ever goalscorer, aged 16 years and 361 days, with a last-gasp winner at Newcastle United. —Gregg Evans, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for rip up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup