English

Verb

rip along

1. To rush headlong.
   • 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, chapter 1

     And so they went ripping along, and everybody just petrified and cold to see it; and when they got to the Capitol at last it was the quickest trip that ever was made, and everybody said so.

   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2

     "Well," said Mrs. Morel. "I'd starve before I'd sit down and seam twenty-four stockings for twopence ha'penny."

     "Oh, I don't know," said Mrs. Anthony. "You can rip along with 'em."

Synonyms

• tear along