lip off

English

Verb

lip off (third-person singular simple present lips off, present participle lipping off, simple past and past participle lipped off)

1. (colloquial, intransitive) To speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.
   • 2000, James W. Marlin, On the Other Hand: An Autobiography:

     She spanked hard enough that she broke the yardstick in half, and picked up the bottom half and continued on with the punishment. I hold no grudge—I deserved it for lipping off.