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

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.

Arcot—set it down and let her rip on about half a million horsepower for a second or so.

From Invaders from the Infinite by Campbell, John Wood

Then she added, as if it were an afterthought: “If you promise to let her rip in that style after we reach the open country again I shall sit on the front seat.”

From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis