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
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)
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.
