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TEAR AWAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tear away mean?
• TEAR AWAY (verb)
The verb TEAR AWAY has 1 sense:
1. remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
Familiarity information: TEAR AWAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Context example:
The passing bus tore off her side mirror
Hypernyms (to "tear away" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
Had this vile charge been brought against me, you, my dearest friend, would have been compelled to tear away the last doubt as to my guilt.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This time, Uranus, your ruler, will precisely square the new moon at an almost perfect 90-degree angle bringing up an obstacle or big change where you tear away from a situation or relationship.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Alternatively, instead of starting your own business, you may have taken another job that required you tear away from your present location to take advantage of a better opportunity in a city far from home.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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