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CUT TO RIBBONS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cut to ribbons mean?
• CUT TO RIBBONS (verb)
The verb CUT TO RIBBONS has 1 sense:
1. defeat totally
Familiarity information: CUT TO RIBBONS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Defeat totally
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
We must cut the other team to ribbons!
Hypernyms (to "cut to ribbons" is one way to...):
demolish; destroy (defeat soundly and humiliatingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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