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
Sumtimes, when all hands got a quarrelin, I jest let her rip rite on a sand-bar, and there let her lay until I made 'em settle their disputes.
From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Smith, Seba
"Well, I hope I'm wrong," thought the sub as he ordered the leading stoker to "let her rip for all she's worth."
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
As Jeroboam Warner used to say—he was in the same rigiment with me in 1812—the only way to manage this business of livin' is to give a whoop and let her rip!
From Hillsboro People by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
Asked how he came to catch up with the horse the driver said he just let her rip.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 by Various
