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
"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)
She was quite a decent old thing and I let her rip, all out, as long as the daylight lasted.
From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
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
Then it came his turn and he hollered: 'Hurrah for Jeff Davis; let her rip!'
From The Seventh Man by Brand, Max
