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an interesting article in it's own right, but I'm curious about this phrase:
"But it was on 4 November, as Active Region 486 was being carried out of sight around the Sun's western limb by solar rotation, that the most extraordinary flare let rip."
let rip? I have used this many times, also "let her rip", but what's the origin of this?
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