rip along
English
Verb
rip along
- To rush headlong.
- 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, chapter 1
- And so they went ripping along, and everybody just petrified and cold to see it; and when they got to the Capitol at last it was the quickest trip that ever was made, and everybody said so.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2
- "Well," said Mrs. Morel. "I'd starve before I'd sit down and seam twenty-four stockings for twopence ha'penny."
- "Oh, I don't know," said Mrs. Anthony. "You can rip along with 'em."
- 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, chapter 1
Synonyms
- tear along
Anagrams
- paroling