let her rip
Example Sentences
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If you can bypass the guard, barely tip your casting finger with the line and let her rip.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Well, let her rip, after to-morrow,” Tom answered.
From Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies by Eaton, Walter Prichard
And in his own vivid phrase, he "let her rip."
From The Combined Maze by Sinclair, May
Mr. Chief Engineer, open that throttle all it'll go, and let her rip, and mind you're standing by for my next order.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
Put your back into it, ye lubbers, an’ let her rip, I tell ye; she’s all oak!”
From The Island Treasure by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)