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Discover LudwigThe phrase "be ripped off" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to a situation in which someone has been tricked into paying more than necessary or has not received what they paid for. For example, "I paid $50 for a ticket to the concert, only to be ripped off and not get a seat!".
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be ripped off
noun
A tear (in paper, etc.).
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They're going to be ripped off, too.
He warned that buildings would be ripped off their foundations.
"Consumers should not be ripped off for surfing the net abroad.
Walsh said passengers would be "ripped off" to pay unjustified dividends to Heathrow's shareholders.
We hated President Yeltsin for allowing us to be ripped off by these New Russians".
It's easy to get confused and then be ripped off in your change.
As a visitor, the aim is to be ripped off by a good person, rather than an unscrupulous one.
Ear tags can also be ripped off by brush, he said, pointing out one cow that had lost its "earring".
And unfortunately, by allowing yourself to be ripped off so often, you've given them tacit permission to continue.
A disappointing trudge through a car park to be ripped off by a man in an ill-fitting Santa costume.
If there's wallpaper to be ripped off the wall, suggesting a crack in society's civilized veneer, well, then, an innocent little boy is going to rip it.
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