tear loose from someone/something
tear loose
To escape or extricate oneself from the constraints of someone, something, or some situation with or as with a great deal of force. A reflexive pronoun can be used between "tear" and "loose." He tore loose from his attacker's grip and managed to wrestle the gun out of the criminal's hands. I managed to tear myself loose from the boring conversation and went to go find someone I knew.
See also: loose, tear
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
tear loose (from someone/something)
(tɛr...) in. to manage to break away from someone or something. The quarterback tore loose and ran twenty yards for a first down.
See also: loose, someone, something, tear
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- identify with
- orient
- orient to
- orient to (something)
- buy (yourself) time
- buy time
- spiff up
- spiffed up
- associate oneself with