let one rip
A slang idiom for breaking wind loudly and without restraint — farting audibly.
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A slang idiom for breaking wind loudly and without restraint — farting audibly. The rip adds an auditory dimension that distinguishes it from the gentler let one go. Used in casual, humorous contexts and typically followed by embarrassed laughter or complaints from bystanders.
Someone let one rip in the back of the minibus and it was absolute carnage for the next ten minutes.
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(slang) To fart loudly.
“He has a point sometimes you just check on a mii in their apartment and they just let one rip on the original 3ds game”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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