tear up
See also: tear-up
English
Etymology 1
See: tear (“to rip, shred”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛəɹ ˈʌp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛəɹ ˈʌp/
Audio (AU) (file)
Verb
tear up (third-person singular simple present tears up, present participle tearing up, simple past tore up, past participle torn up)
- (transitive) To tear into pieces.
- The student tore up his test after he found out his mark of 20%.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To damage.
- The lacrosse practice really tore up the field.
- 1994, Virginia Satir, James Stachowiak, & Harvey A. Taschman, Helping Families to Change, →ISBN, page 243:
- You talk about the same thing but from different points of view. He is saying, "Didn't hurt the car much." You're saying "He's tearing up the car and we're having to make payments on it."
- 2012, Scotty Rae Hettinger, 5/22: Stories of Survival, Stories of Faith, →ISBN, page 231:
- We were making a joke about him not tearing it up; because the first person that puts a dent in it is going to get in trouble.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against.
- In his first year, his hitting tore up the league's opposing pitchers.
- (transitive) To wrench out of the ground.
- We tore up the weeds from the allotment.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have intense sex with.
- Chad tore up Stacy after that party.
- (slang) To brutally assault.
- Jason tore up Todd after finding out that he was having sex with his sister.
Translations
To tear into pieces.
To damage — see damage
To succeed dramatically in (an area of endeavor) or against.
To wrench out of the ground.
To have intense sex with.
To brutally assault.
See also
Etymology 2
See: tear (“liquid that falls from the eyes”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɪɹ ˈʌp/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪəɹ ˈʌp/
Verb
tear up (third-person singular simple present tears up, present participle tearing up, simple past and past participle teared up)
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