ripping into
Harshly criticizing someone
Ripping into someone is attacking them with fierce criticism or verbal aggression: The coach ripped into the team after their embarrassing loss.
You can also rip into a task with aggressive energy, or rip into food by eating it eagerly.
The phrase conveys intensity and lack of restraint—whether the target is a person, a project, or a plate of ribs.
- tearingForcibly separating material
- tearing apartForcibly separating into pieces
- ripTear apart forcibly
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- attackingActively engaging offensively
going after · bite · biting · claw · criticism · denouncing · berating · lacerate · chastising · lambasting · condemnation · taking apart · plunging · immersing · grappling · delving · confronting · hack
- reproachesblaming, scolding, rebuking, reprimanding, censuring
- reproofsscolding, rebuke, reprimand, admonishment, admonition
ripping intopraising
Voicing admiration
lauding · extolling · complimenting · building up · applauding
ripping intopatching up
Temporary restoration work
repairing · caressing · preserving · protecting · sewing up