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rip up

verb
  1. To destroy by ripping. (transitive) · The frustrated writer ripped up her manuscript.
  2. To move quickly or violently upon. (slang, transitive) · We're going to rip up the dancefloor tonight.
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I already knew that the papers were probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking and skirting in search of them.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 99 · B2

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