Translations for „rip down“ in the English » German Dictionary

rip down VB trans

to rip down ⇆ sth

etw runterreißen

to rip down ⇆ sth (building)

etw abreißen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to rip sb down to the studs Am sl fig

jdn völlig auseinandernehmen inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It had a rip down the middle, but you can make out what it says and the photograph on the front is in excellent condition.

www.dailymail.co.uk

We rip down our living room ceiling and discover large gaps where it meets the outside wall.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Professors have been known to rip down flyers for services they suspect of writing papers that students then submit under their own names.

www.timescolonist.com

It will rip down the middle the tidy seam where we fasten doing well to doing good.

www.salon.com

Where does it spring from, this compulsion to rip down and destroy?

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

They rip down the wrong walls, paint rooms the wrong colour, make horrible kitchens, and with a sure instinct destroy whatever you liked about the place, especially the garden.

www.stuff.co.nz

There is an impulse to rip down the old order, and consequences don't have to be thought through yet.

www.independent.ie

What right does anyone have to rip down flags in an area?

news.nationalpost.com

It is, moreover, a terrible idea to rip down legal barriers simply to get at someone, and that because they have a contiguous moral duty for a criminal.

www.catholicherald.co.uk

Either way, he is ripping it down -- it's up to us to rip down the system it protects.

redflag.org.au