{"id":181,"date":"2013-02-12T18:13:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2013-02-12T18:14:18","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:14:18","slug":"181","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Phrasal verb: rip off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>rip<\/strong><em> (someone)<\/em><strong> off<br \/>\n<\/strong>Transitive, Inseparable<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: to charge an excess amount for something<br \/>\n<strong>Example:<\/strong> I can&#8217;t believe I paid so much for that bag. \u00a0The salesperson<strong> ripped<\/strong> me <strong>off<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when travelling, taxi drivers will try to<strong> rip<\/strong> you <strong>off<\/strong>. \u00a0To avoid being <strong>ripped off<\/strong> by a taxi driver you should: ask a reliable local how the taxi system works, find out if the taxis use meters or if they have flat rates,and be aware of how much it should cost to reach your destination. \u00a0Sometimes walking five minutes away from the tourist hot spot will also help prevent taxi drivers from charging you extra. \u00a0And of course, smiling and being polite always helps!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>rip (someone) off Transitive, Inseparable Meaning: to charge an excess amount for something Example: I can&#8217;t believe I paid so much for that bag. \u00a0The salesperson ripped me off! Sometimes when travelling, taxi drivers will try to rip you off. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/?p=181\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phrasal-verbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teacherdiane.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}