rip to shreds (English, verb)
expansion: rip to shreds (third-person singular simple present rips to shreds, present participle ripping to shreds, simple past and past participle ripped to shreds)
Senses:
glosses: To tear apart, so that only shreds remain.
glosses: To criticize severely; to refute.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: rips to shreds
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ripping to shreds
tags: participle
present
form: ripped to shreds
tags: participle
past
form: ripped to shreds
tags: past